Quotes having the keyword Skepticism
The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
by C. L. R. James (Journalist , born in 1901) keywords: american, among, contemporary, depression, development, future, great, large, most, profound, sections, skepticism, society , striking
Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical.
by Arthur Levitt (Public Servant, American , born in 1931) keywords: become, careful, emotional, intellectual, investors, rather, should, skeptical, skepticism, start, than , view
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.
by Daniel P. Moynihan (Politician, American , born in 1927) keywords: acquire, agencies, been, birth, conservatives, endowed, good, government, healthy, liberals, life, namely, powers, seem, skepticism, somehow , unable
Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.
by Louis Pasteur (Scientist, French , born in 1822) keywords: barren, skepticism, tainted , yourself
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.
by Dixie Lee Ray (Politician, American , born in 1914) keywords: accusations, any, blown, charges, into, kind, press, realities, skepticism, taken, them, these, treated, true, up, were, whatsoever , without
The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.
by Paul Ricoeur (Philosopher, French , born in 1913) keywords: allows, between, dogmatism, limits, logic, move, skepticism, two, us , validation
Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.
by Romain Rolland (Novelist, French , born in 1866) keywords: faith, prepared, skepticism, tomorrow, way , yesterday
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.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) keywords: absolute, both, certain, certainty, dissipate, dogmatism, ignorance, knowing, knowledge, other, philosophies, philosophy, sense, should, skepticism , whether
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
by George Santayana (Philosopher, American , born in 1970) keywords: chastity, readily, relinquished, should, skepticism , too
She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.
by Jean-Paul Sartre (Philosopher, French , born in 1905) keywords: atheist, being, believed, her, kept, nothing, only, she , skepticism
The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: alcoholism, becomes, diseases, hitherto, more, much, other, poison, skepticism, soil, some, tuberculosis , virulent