Alternatives Quote by Michael Shermer

Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of false claims.…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

— Michael Shermer

All that stock of arguments [the skeptics] produce to depreciate our faculties, and make mankind appear ignorant and low, are drawn principally from this…

— George Berkeley

A skeptic is someone who is frustrated beyond belief.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Skeptics, who flatly deny the existence of any unexplained phenomenon in the name of 'rationalism,' are among the primary contributors to the rejection of…

— Jacques Vallee

A skeptic is one who is willing to question any truth claim, asking for clarity in definition, consistency in logic, and adequacy of evidence.

— Paul Kurtz

A great many of those who 'debunk' traditional...values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the…

— C. S. Lewis

“Skeptics are always marked by their total lack of skepticism towards whatever position they are defending.”

— Steve Madison

I think anybody who's curious about anything, including their own mind, is inherently a skeptic.

— Jamie Hyneman

There are always going to be skeptics. Prove them wrong.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

— John Ortberg

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.

— Blaise Pascal