Quotes by Skepticism Skepticism is not a position; it's a process. Michael Shermer skepticism position process I just witnessed an event so mysterious that it shook my skepticism. Michael Shermer skepticism mysterious events This notion [skepticism] is more clearly understood by asking "What do I know?" Michel de Montaigne skepticism understanding asking Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. Napoleon Bonaparte skepticism virtue philosophy Realism is punishing. Probabilistic skepticism is worse. Nassim Nicholas Taleb realism skepticism I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all. Ralph Barton Perry skepticism cynicism promise I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy. Rashida Jones skepticism monogamy Everything we know is only some kind of approximation, because we know that we do not know all the laws yet. Therefore, things must be learned only to be unlearned again or, more likely, to be corrected. Richard P. Feynman skepticism kind law Skepticism is slow suicide. Ralph Waldo Emerson skepticism suicidal suicide Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson skepticism cause-and-effect causes Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had? Ralph Waldo Emerson skepticism wisdom wise Only the madman is absolutely sure. Robert Anton Wilson skepticism madmen inspirational To believe in luck ... is skepticism. Ralph Waldo Emerson skepticism luck believe Skepticism is a religion very rich in evangelists but very short on saviors. Robert Breault skepticism rich belief I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism. Robert Breault skepticism belief struggle Skepticism requires disbelief and curiosity, not conformity to conventional wisdom. There's no science here. This is pure politics. Rush Limbaugh skepticism conformity curiosity Skepticism doesn't help you hear. Seth Godin skepticism helping Skepticism is like a microscope whose magnification is constantly increased: the sharp image that one begins with finally dissolves, because it is not possible to see ultimate things: their existence is only to be inferred. Stanislaw Lem skepticism microscopes existence There is no skepticism without science and the scientific method. It's about how we know what we know. Steven Novella skepticism scientific-method method It begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible. Steven Pinker skepticism illusion men «1234»