Attitude Quote by William James

Scepticism is an ability, or mental attitude, which opposes appearances to judgments in any way whatsoever, with the result that,owing to the equipollence of…

— Sextus Empiricus

Scepticism is effortful and costly. It is better to be sceptical about matters of large consequences, and be imperfect, foolish and human in the…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

— Blaise Pascal

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

— Blaise Pascal

“Scepticism 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

I'm always coming up against scepticism in my life.

— Geri Halliwell

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the…

— Jeremy Paxman

Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.

— Mason Cooley

“scepticism by means of classical arguments, the most effective means initially to promote arousal. And,”

— Peter Unger

“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for…

— Homer

“Moral scepticism can no more be refuted or proved by logic than intellectual scepticism can. When we stick to it that there is truth…

— William James

There is, indeed a more mitigated scepticism or academical philosophy, which may be both durable and useful, and which may, in part, be the…

— David Hume