quotations about skepticism
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius, and we're skeptical.
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
attributed, "Sir Arthur's Quotations", The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation
Many people feel duty-bound to express skepticism as if it were an automatic badge of honor and intellectual superiority. I'd done the same thing in the past, so I could understand the attitude.
JANE ROBERTS
Seth, Dreams & Projections of Consciousness
Skepticism is always a wise default position to start one's inquiry. But if no knowledge is being acquired, skepticism quickly morphs into stubborn ignorance.
CHARLES HUGH SMITH
"What the Mainstream Doesn't Get About Cryptocurrencies", Daily Reckoning, August 12, 2017
Skeptics always stumble at truth.
PIERRE BIZOT
attributed, Day's Collacon
Profound skepticism is favorable to conventions, because it doubts that the criticism of conventions is any truer than they are.
GEORGE SANTAYANA
"On My Friendly Critics", Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies