Skepticism Quotes

"It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it." "It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this." "It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open " "The problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so sure of themselves." "Faith means not wanting to know what is true " "After coming into contact with a religious man, I always feel I must wash my hands" "The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom" "Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be" "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin" "The more you know, the less you believe." "I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex." "Empiricism is overrated in the sense that it doesn’t predict future events well" "If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work. " "Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards both with equal eye" "To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of nonsense."