Disinterested Quote by Joseph Alexander Leighton

Skepticism is like a microscope whose magnification is constantly increased: the sharp image that one begins with finally dissolves, because it is not possible…

— Stanislaw Lem

Skepticism means, not intellectual doubt alone, but moral doubt.

— Thomas Carlyle

Skepticism is a discipline fit to purify the mind of prejudice and render it all the more apt, when the time comes, to believe…

— George Santayana

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

— George Santayana

There is no skepticism without science and the scientific method. It's about how we know what we know.

— Steven Novella

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer; there is nobility…

— George Santayana

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility…

— George Santayana

In practice, the goal of skepticism is not the discovery of truth, but the exposure of other people's errors. It plays a useful role…

— Rupert Sheldrake

Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency.

— Stephen Jay Gould

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

— Carl Sagan

Skepticism is unbelief in causeand effect. A man does not see, that, as he eats, so he thinks: as he deals, so he is,…

— Anonymous