Doubt Quote by Steven Novella

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 requires disbelief and curiosity, not conformity to conventional wisdom. There's no science here. This is pure politics.

— Rush Limbaugh

Skepticism literally means a thoughtful inquiry, the looking at a problem in a disinterested spirit, the surveying of a question from many sides. In…

— Joseph Alexander Leighton

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

— George Santayana

Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.

— Sydney J. Harris

“We must surrender our skepticism only in the face of rock-solid evidence. Science demands a tolerance for ambiguity. Where we are ignorant, we withhold…

— Carl Sagan

There is no better soporific and sedative than skepticism.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method.

— Michael Shermer

Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief.

— William Pepperell Montague

Rigorous skepticism is a prerequisite for good science, just as it is for good journalism.

— Miranda Devine

A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth.

— Denis Diderot

Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson