Skeptics Quotes

63 quotes by 58 authors

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting. — John Ortberg
Do you know...what I think is a great pity? It is this: that we have all become such skeptics that we hardly believe what our… — Isak Dinesen
Nature confuses the skeptics and reason confutes the dogmatists — Blaise Pascal
Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion by the state… — Alan Dershowitz
Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. — Calvin Coolidge
I often ask myself, 'Who would Jesus vote for?' Then I start to think that he wouldn't vote at all; however, it would not be… — Criss Jami
There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters. — Al Gore
Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid… — John F. Kennedy
The Internet has given atheists, agnostics, skeptics, the people who like to destroy everything that you and I believe, the almost equal access to your… — Josh McDowell
In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious. — Michael Shermer
Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology.… — Matt Taibbi
True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics. — Yevgeny Zamyatin
Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics. — Bertrand Russell
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to… — Carl Sagan
What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable good among those… — Gordon B. Hinckley
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could… — Calvin Coolidge
The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run,… — Daniel H. Pink
I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Skeptics question the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it. — Michael Shermer
There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively. — Bill Gates

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