Critical Thinking Quotes

"Five percent of the people think ten percent of the people think they think and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think" "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form" "Realists do not fear the results of their study." "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." "Prejudices are what fools use for reason." "Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain" "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool" "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned" "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts" "Never trust the words that you read; always trust the reality behind them" "People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to." "Most decisions are not binary, and there are usually better answers waiting to be found if you do the analysis and involve the right people" "People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant." "Experts often possess more data than judgment." "The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life. "