Quotes: Skepticism

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

I’d say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did.

I’m the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don’t drink and drive, and I don’t. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand.

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.