Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Denis Diderot

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

Louis Pasteur

There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.

Richard Feynman

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

Ralph B. Perry

This is a company that people bought and put away. But it was made clear in January that you couldn't do that. There is increased skepticism about eBay.

Scott Kessler

A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound skepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

Barbara Smith

When you play soft and loose with the district's money when it comes to yourself, you rightly see skepticism when it comes to not having the money for the lowest-paid workers in the district.

Thomas Dewar

Regardless of people's skepticism, I am pursuing what is (and has been) my dream for my own purposes. I appreciate the importance that so many others have placed on this effort, but I would still do it if I was alone and no one was watching.

Brian Walker

The skepticism is both appropriate and welcome. We realize we have to rebuild confidence.

Thomas Fingar

Until now, there's been a lot of skepticism whether these shrink-wrapped licenses are enforceable, ... UCITA says this is a contract, so all arguments that have existed in the past go out the window. The only hope you have is that the Supreme Court will rule that it's pre-empted.

Jonathan Band

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.

George Santayana

It would mean entering into a deal with complete suspicion and skepticism. This is more than a business. A book deal is a complicated transaction that's got a lot of psychological and emotional content to it.

Morgan Entrekin

Wal-Mart does nothing on a small scale. We respectfully suggest that Wal-Mart?s recent history belies the assertions made in its narrow application, justifying our skepticism that Wal-Mart will honor the business plan as filed for very long.

Terry Jorde

The market has done a good job, considering all it's had to take in over the last few days. There's skepticism across the board right now, but no fear, no panic. I like the action today [Wednesday].

Matt Ruane

There was a real skepticism about the ability to rebuild and make things work in the future at the state and local level.

Robert Blendon

Despite my skepticism, I thought to myself, 'This is perhaps the only illustration or symbol of what could be the benefits of a co-operational, rather than a confrontational attitude'.

Mort Zuckerman

Hopefully the rally today [Wednesday] means we're breaking through some of the skepticism about accounting.

Robert Morris

There is a lot of skepticism.

Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel

Given the historic skepticism of blacks toward Republicans, coupled with the current wounds, there is no easy fix for the president. We're hearing a lot of general charges by blacks that `He's a racist,' implying that `racist' and `conservative' are the same thing.

Harry Jackson

I do not believe the press is guilty of the charge that it abandoned its healthy skepticism in Iraq , and I would hate to see it draw the inference from New Orleans that 'in your face' journalism is the panacea for restoring our lost credibility.

Bob Zelnick

There's an awful lot of junk on the Internet. Our fear is that we haven't reached the point where people treat things they see on the 'Net with the same skepticism as a phone call during dinner.

Marc Beauchamp

I react with skepticism and reservations. This is a violation of the church's status quo, because each church has its territory and other churches cannot interfere.

Archbishop Aristarchos

Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good.

Daniel P. Moynihan

You're not achieving anything - you're just creating doubts and skepticism on the Israeli side.

Itamar Rabinovich

It's really getting treated with skepticism. Investors have turned in their rose-colored glasses for accounting visors.

Doug Kass

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

David Suzuki

We retain a healthy degree of skepticism that all will not be well on Feb. 15. The state of Vermont has to come up with a fail-proof plan.

Michael Sirotkin

Its attitude, which it has preached and practiced, is skepticism. Now, it finds, the public is applying that skepticism to the press.

Thomas Griffith

With a healthy dose of skepticism.

Richard Bove

You will find that there is a very significant skepticism or cynicism that has been developing among law students -- and has been for quite some time, ... That may be attributed in part, if not in whole, to the approach that is being advanced by the law schools.

Bruce Green

I think most of the time it's met with great skepticism because murder is a deliberate act of one human against another.

Jenny Wieland

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

George Santayana

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

Mary Catherine Bateson

[Board chair George Russell expressed his skepticism about future funding from the state.] The big issue is the money, ... There's not even enough money to fix the potholes, so how are we going to figure this out?

George Russell

A Bush-driven government will look at these cases with great skepticism before authorizing any sort of suits.

Hillard Sterling

Agrees with the defendant's skepticism of the government's ability to prosecute this case in open court in light of the shroud of secrecy under which it seeks to proceed.

Leonie Brinkema

This has to be viewed with some skepticism.

Robert Reischauer

I understand the skepticism that people may have because of other major capital projects. But this project is so different because of the private financial commitment.

Frank Duross

I'm sure with skepticism and all kinds of rumors running around it will be better for them to clarify their strategy, ... outperform.

Sena Lund

I just think there's a lot of skepticism in the marketplace about what's going to happen to earnings with rates higher.

Barbara Allen

I would share the skepticism of whether [universal] vouchers will be introduced, ... but I think we're already seeing that more choices are being accepted, and in some places, they're quite dominant.

John Chubb

There's some skepticism still. Hopefully by Homecoming the students will be more involved.

Joel Miller

My experience was to the contrary, ... He would not accept all our analysis without skepticism and believed we were better on some subjects than others. But those are the characteristics of a good customer.

Richard Kerr

Anything technology-related that is new is already seen with some skepticism and people are running away. It's a tough market right now.

Corey Ostman

The conservative movement has a healthy skepticism of governmental power, but at times, unfortunately, that healthy skepticism needs to yield.

Viet Dinh

Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.

Romain Rolland

We're dealing with a customer with very strict requirements. It increases their skepticism about our ability to supply what they expect.

Ted Schroeder

Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and skepticism, which are dangerous chiefly to the Schools, and hardly allow of being handed on to the public.

Immanuel Kant

I can understand the skepticism, particularly regarding Estee Lauder.

Estee Lauder

Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin