Quotes about Scepticism

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In the pragmatist, streetwise climate of advanced postmodern capitalism, with its scepticism of big pictures and grand n — Terry Eagleton, The Meaning of Life
Scepticism is the first step towards truth. — Denis Diderot, Pensées philosophiques
How do you give something away with the knowledge that you will get it back in three days, and then claim it to be the ' — Jake Jesser
To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the — Christopher Hitchens, god is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
And here is the point, about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We d — Christopher Hitchens, god is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss al — Stephen Roberts
There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages. — Richard Lederer, Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
The terrible error in the course of human civilization is undoubtedly the defective judgment that allowed religious auth — Adebowale Ojowuro, Echoes of Common Sense
A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any pre — Ricky Gervais
Modest doubt is call'd the beacon of the wise. — William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida
If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us a — Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
I began to entertain a suspicion, that no man in this age was sufficiently qualified for such an undertaking; and that w — David Hume, Selected Essays
Of all sciences there is none, where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics. — David Hume, Selected Essays
[Charles] Nodier’s later view was that fantasy reconciles men to their fate. Fantasy and the taste for chimeras, he wrot — Peter Partner, The Murdered Magicians
The Greeks made Space the subject-matter of a science of supreme simplicity and certainty. Out of it grew, in the mind o — Hermann Weyl
How have people come to be taken in by The Phenomenon of Man? We must not underestimate the size of the market for works — Peter Medawar
Most people are too silly to be truly interested in any thing. They herd together like cattle, and do not know what is g — Frank R. Stockton
Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose. — Douglas Adams
She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Does a man of sense run after every silly tale of hobgoblins or fairies, and canvass particularly the evidence? I never — David Hume, Letters of David Hume 2 vols