Thomas J. Curry Quotes

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

Oxford also taught me something else - it taught me scepticism.

Question everything!

Be Skeptical, but learn to listen.

The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.

I love to doubt as well as know.

True science teaches, above all, to doubt

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.

Skepticism is the first step towards truth.

Constant and frequent questioning is the first key to wisdom … For through doubting we are led to inquire, and by inquiry we perceive the truth.

My only weapon is the question.

We need to take a step back and realize that not everything we encounter is true. You don't want to be gullibly accepting everything as true, but you don't want to be cynically rejecting everything as false. You want to take your time to evaluate the information.

I just was raised always to question and be as informed as I can be.

My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.

Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method.

Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything.

The thing is, not to stop questioning.

'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more 'I want to believe this, but I want it proved.'

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

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

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.