Skepticism Quotes

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism.

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.

Everybody's part of the greater whole and skepticism and virtue are a part of that.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand.

I'd say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did.

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.

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

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.

Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.

I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons.

Its attitude, which it has preached and practiced, is skepticism. Now, it finds, the public is applying that skepticism to the press.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it becomes a lot more difficult.