#skeptic

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. ↗

— George Berkeley

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Even the Lord had skeptical members of His party. ↗

— Richard J. Daley

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Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Everybody's part of the greater whole and skepticism and virtue are a part of that. ↗

— Marc Webb

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It is the press that has taken these charges and accusations and blown them up without any kind of skepticism whatsoever - blown them into realities and treated them as if they were true. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

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The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil. ↗

— Nate Silver

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On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves. ↗

— Nate Silver

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