Quotes about Skepticism

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

In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him. Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual There!—yet

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

for our times are not satisfied with faith and not even with the miracle of changing water into wine - they 'go right on,' changing wine into water.

See a charmer and you're bound to see a snake nearby

Suspicion kills friendship.

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.

A Short History of Medicine 2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root." 1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer." 1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion." 1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill." 1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic." 2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."

"Murphy's Law": If something can go wrong, it will.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

This is an evil generation: they seek a sign.