Skepticism Quotes

"Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy."
-Denis Diderot

"Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism."
-Louis Pasteur

"There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made."
-Richard Feynman

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

"This is a company that people bought and put away. But it was made clear in January that you couldn't do that. There is increased skepticism about eBay."
-Scott Kessler

"A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound skepticism that white people can actually be oppressed."
-Barbara Smith

"When you play soft and loose with the district's money when it comes to yourself, you rightly see skepticism when it comes to not having the money for the lowest-paid workers in the district."
-Thomas Dewar

"Regardless of people's skepticism, I am pursuing what is (and has been) my dream for my own purposes. I appreciate the importance that so many others have placed on this effort, but I would still do it if I was alone and no one was watching."
-Brian Walker

"Until now, there's been a lot of skepticism whether these shrink-wrapped licenses are enforceable, ... UCITA says this is a contract, so all arguments that have existed in the past go out the window. The only hope you have is that the Supreme Court will rule that it's pre-empted."
-Jonathan Band

"The skepticism is both appropriate and welcome. We realize we have to rebuild confidence."
-Thomas Fingar

"Wal-Mart does nothing on a small scale. We respectfully suggest that Wal-Mart?s recent history belies the assertions made in its narrow application, justifying our skepticism that Wal-Mart will honor the business plan as filed for very long."
-Terry Jorde

"The market has done a good job, considering all it's had to take in over the last few days. There's skepticism across the board right now, but no fear, no panic. I like the action today [Wednesday]."
-Matt Ruane

"There was a real skepticism about the ability to rebuild and make things work in the future at the state and local level."
-Robert Blendon

"Despite my skepticism, I thought to myself, 'This is perhaps the only illustration or symbol of what could be the benefits of a co-operational, rather than a confrontational attitude'."
-Mort Zuckerman

"It would mean entering into a deal with complete suspicion and skepticism. This is more than a business. A book deal is a complicated transaction that's got a lot of psychological and emotional content to it."
-Morgan Entrekin

"Given the historic skepticism of blacks toward Republicans, coupled with the current wounds, there is no easy fix for the president. We're hearing a lot of general charges by blacks that `He's a racist,' implying that `racist' and `conservative' are the same thing."
-Harry Jackson

"I do not believe the press is guilty of the charge that it abandoned its healthy skepticism in Iraq , and I would hate to see it draw the inference from New Orleans that 'in your face' journalism is the panacea for restoring our lost credibility."
-Bob Zelnick

"There's an awful lot of junk on the Internet. Our fear is that we haven't reached the point where people treat things they see on the 'Net with the same skepticism as a phone call during dinner."
-Marc Beauchamp

"Hopefully the rally today [Wednesday] means we're breaking through some of the skepticism about accounting."
-Robert Morris

"Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good."
-Daniel P. Moynihan

"You're not achieving anything - you're just creating doubts and skepticism on the Israeli side."
-Itamar Rabinovich

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

"It's really getting treated with skepticism. Investors have turned in their rose-colored glasses for accounting visors."
-Doug Kass

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

"With a healthy dose of skepticism."
-Richard Bove

"There is a lot of skepticism."
-Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel

"You will find that there is a very significant skepticism or cynicism that has been developing among law students -- and has been for quite some time, ... That may be attributed in part, if not in whole, to the approach that is being advanced by the law schools."
-Bruce Green

"I think most of the time it's met with great skepticism because murder is a deliberate act of one human against another."
-Jenny Wieland