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Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.

There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

I'm not a very skeptical person.

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

To be optimistic about something that is absolutely unknown to you is unfounded.

Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.