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The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

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People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

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I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

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Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the 'Mythbusters' heart and there's no small reason that they've embraced us. That's our people. That's the way we like to think. ↗

— Adam Savage

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Truth has two beautiful daughters; their names are skepticism and faith. Skepticism to examine the past to make sure it was not full of lies, and faith to believe that the future won't be full of them also. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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