Quotes about Skepticism

T]he longer you stay skeptical, doubtful, intellectually uncomfortable, the better it is for you.

They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

There is no literature in all the world that is more true to life and more honest than Psalms, for here we have warts-and-all religion. Every skeptical thought, every disappointing venture, every pain, every despair that we can face is lived through and integrated into a personal, saving relationship with God—a relationship that also has in it acts of praise, blessing, peace, security, trust and love.

If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself.

Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

I believe in everything until it's disproved.

People love advertising in particular but they hate advertising in general.

Crises will always drive some to faith and others to skepticism.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.