Top 442 Skeptical Quotes & Sayings - Page 2
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Last updated on April 16, 2025.
Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes
Lots of people were skeptical, but that's always true when you do something that hasn't been done before.
I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.
I do understand people when they say that you destroy the magic of childhood if you encourage too much skeptical questioning.
I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.
When was the last time an Arab MK who appeared on television wasn't there in the role of the accused who is attacked by a skeptical broadcaster?
In a post-Christian, skeptical age, love on display is the most convincing apologetic.
I'm more or less skeptical about marriage, because of family ties, relations between children and parents - it's all so depressing.
Apologetics has an important place in the local church as we seek to influence our communities for Christ in an increasingly skeptical culture.
One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong.
I've always been skeptical of the idea that sentience is going to be an exclusively human attribute.
I'm sarcastic, skeptical, and sometimes callous because I'm still afraid, deep down, of letting myself be hurt.
My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.
Scientists like Bjorn Lomborg in The Skeptical Environmentalist have, in my opinion, properly nailed environmental extremists for these exaggerated scenarios.
I don't myself believe in astrology. However, I think that's because I'm a Libra and Libras are always skeptical.
Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?
I write stories about conspiracies and paranoid characters while I am, in fact, a very skeptical person.
My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.
People are starting to be very skeptical of the Facebook algorithm and all kinds of data surveillance.
I'm having a hard time finding a date. I don't trust any women I meet. I'm very skeptical.
In general, I think people should be skeptical of the Internet as a reference tool because so much of what's on it is unreliable and costumed - a hall of mirrors.
I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical
I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical.
I was always a little skeptical of how voters would react to my name.
The idea that we have the capacity to change or stop the climate, I'm just skeptical.
The skeptical relativist attempt to mandate a naked public square is undemocratic. It is also a danger to democracy.
An educated mind is practiced in the uses of reason, which inevitably leads to a skeptical outlook.
We should be very skeptical of people who want to place limits on how we express ourselves.
Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.
Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.
I have been skeptical and not trusting of traditional models of the entertainment industry. I never got a manager.
You need to be curious, competitive, creative, stubborn, self-confident, skeptical, patient and be lucky to win a Nobel.
Dan Rather is guilty of not being skeptical enough about a story that was politically loaded.
While I love the medium, I've always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses.
I'm as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes - and I will dare to say to you that I don't think of myself as a celebrity per se.
Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical.
I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular.
The method of science is tried and true. It is not perfect, it's just the best we have. And to abandon it, with its skeptical protocols, is the pathway to a dark age.
Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical
Marxism is the only doctrine that both satisfies the demands for progress and provides a safe outlet for moral expression in a skeptical age.
Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on 'I am not too sure'.
I'm skeptical of the 'go local' approach to cartooning to preserve your job.
Don Juan tries not to see the skeptical winks that greet his boasting.
We are critical and skeptical. But when we are absorbed in a story, we drop our intellectual guard.
Me, I was already jaded and tarnished, skeptical that a fantasy world could keep reality at bay.
I've always been skeptical of those television healers who are bald. If I had that gift, that'd be the first thing I'd fix.
To any CEO who's skeptical at all, you have to create a social enterprise today; you have to be totally connected with everyone who touches your brand.
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.
It is a very cynical, skeptical, foolish person that suggests Israel does not need a peace process to have a growing economy.
I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
I am always a little skeptical when I see people talking about how much money they have.
I must say I'm surprised by how skeptical of the [Barack] Obama administration The Nation has been.
The text [The Skeptical Environmentalist] employs the strategy of those who, for example, argue ...that Jews weren't singled out by the Nazis for extermination.
If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you.
Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion.
Some are skeptical. My mom thought the guitar was going to fizzle out in two weeks, that it was just a fad-and that was in 1958.
I'm always a little skeptical when I hear people promoting a film and they say it has something for everyone.
I have been skeptical, sometimes, about the importance of rap music, which I think is a capitalistic project to make money.
