Skepticism Quotes

"At their first appearance innovators have always been derided as fools and madmen." "Time! The present! In these, I am almost inclined to believe. I am a skeptical mystic." "I don't believe there is a powerful and mysterious 'popular will', a common will that expresses itself inexorably in spite of repression." "I don't want to believe I want to know" "It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true" "The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way" "In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted" "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that proves they should value it?" "Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings." "Theology is ignorance with wings." "We must find our way to a time when faith, without evidence, disgraces anyone who would claim it." "The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt " "Perhaps I am old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really goes on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to follow the instructions of the professionals across generations and the world and plot to do a little harm as possible." "Theology is simply ignorance with wings." "It is merely an accident of history that it is considered normal in our society to believe that the creator of the universe can hear your thoughts, while it is demonstrative of mental illness to believe that he is communicating with you by having a dinner conversation with you."