Book Quote by Phil Foglio

The most consistent characteristic of awakened teachers and people I have met is a childlike nature. They laugh, cry, twinkle, and joke, all with…

— Catherine Ingram

A boy is a man in miniature, and though he may sometimes exhibit notable virtue, as well as characteristics that seem to be charming…

— Robertson Davies

“Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint…

— George Carlin

If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you.

— Carl Sagan

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good…

— Frances Wright

“Let us not be content with merely ‘formatting’ generations, but instead, focus on cultivating and enlightening them, ensuring independent thinking where acceptance is in…

— Erik Pevernagie

Denunciations of the manipulativeness of advertisers can unfortunately all too easily be turned on their heads into denunciations of the gullibility of consumers. Both…

— J. M. Coetzee

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

— Anonymous

According to the estimate of a prominent advertising firm, above 90 per cent, of the earning capacity of the prominent nostrums is represented by…

— Samuel Hopkins Adams

I have a plan. It entails leading to a fair deal and relationship with the British. We will be reasonable, but we will also…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.

— Jamie Whyte

“If you are inherently a good guy, which I think I am, you instinctively want to help people even before you know what their…

— Dan Skinner

Hatred as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.

— Anonymous

It is human nature to want to believe in the wizardry of the magician--but also to turn against him and to scorn him the…

— Dean Koontz

Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men…

— Christopher Hitchens