Quotes About Healthy Skepticism

#1. Healthy skepticism is often the best way to glean the value of what's being presented - challenge it; prove it wrong, if you can. That creates engagement, which is the key to understanding.

David Allen

#2. I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, I want you to know that this is the first book I've ever written, and I hope it's the first book you've ever read. Don't make a habit of it.

Stephen Colbert

#3. I think I developed a culture of healthy skepticism of claims of certainty on any side of the aisle. A sort of boldness in using economics no matter where it leads you in political circles, you know, rather than worrying about being left-wing or right-wing or biased or this or that.

David Plotz

#4. As a conservative, I maintain a healthy skepticism of the theory of man-made global warming. I also believe that more people enjoying the fruits of modernity and economic development is a good thing - as long as those people arrived legally and obey the law.

Gary Bauer

#5. 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 Patrick Moynihan

#6. They were completely lacking in the sort of healthy skepticism needed to attain any degree of wisdom.

Haruki Murakami

#7. True courage is mixed with circumspection, the kind of healthy skepticism that asks, 'Is this the best way to do this?' True cowardice is marked by chronic skepticism, which always says, 'It can't be done.'

William Bennett

#8. I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in the scientific method. Believe me, if the Bible had ever been shown to be a rich source of scientific answers and enlightenment, we would be mining it daily for cosmic discovery.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#9. In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.

Paul Davies

#10. When you're on screen with Mads, there's some real fireworks because your character is his intellectual equal. In a way, maybe your character has an instinct as to who this man really is.

Laurence Fishburne

#11. My feelings for him grow with every touch, every kiss, every heartbeat. I know he truly is mine, and I truly am his." - Jeni

K.E. Osborn

#12. I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.

Greg Graffin

#13. You know you're getting fat when you step on the dog's tail and he dies.

Elayne Boosler

#14. These matters require what I think of as the Shakespearean cast of thought. That is to say, a fine credulity about everything, kept in check by a lively skepticism about everything ... It keeps you constantly alert to every possibility.

Robertson Davies

#15. Every theory in medicine, if medicine is to remain healthy, must be beaten out on the anvil of skepticism. So do we weed out charlatanism.

Alice Tisdale Hobart

#16. Partners like the United States and Germany must always discuss all issues, including these questions. I welcome the fact that a discussion over legitimate methods of questioning and interrogation is taking place in both Germany and the United States.

Angela Merkel

#17. We don't believe in a small America. We believe in a big America
a tolerant America, a just America, an equal America
that values the service of every patriot.

Barack Obama

#18. Obedience is the key that opens every door.

C.S. Lewis

#19. Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.

Meghan Daum

#20. Skepticism is healthy in matters of the intellect, but disastrous in matters of the heart.

Marty Rubin

#21. Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#22. God doesn't understand you killing innocent men. God doesn't understand. I don't understand and I don't want to understand.

S.A. David

#23. There's a very healthy tradition in America of skepticism of centralized power. If we ever lose the skepticism of centralized power, we'll lose the essence of the country.

Howard Fineman

#24. Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.

Saadi

#25. Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

John Keats

#26. Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Joseph Addison

#27. Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.

Ed Rendell