Simon Sinek Quotes

Long-distance train conversations are unlike the perfunctory exchanges one normally associates with strangers, or the truncated, cut-to-the-chase kind that sometimes take place between seatmates on a plane.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.

Sure, I've met with people I don't agree with.

Never were two people more opposite in sentiment than my companions.

Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.

I'm a natural sceptic.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

He doubts nothing who knows nothing.

Believe those who seek the truth; doubt those who find it.

Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.

Skepticism about authority turns into corrosive cynicism.

There are definitely a lot of doubters out there.

Sure, you can argue one way or the other, and I respect those who think Adani should go ahead. I ask for respect in the other direction.

I'm the kind of guy who likes to have a little friendly banter, even with someone I disagree with.

I think anybody who's curious about anything, including their own mind, is inherently a skeptic.

Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.

Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough.

Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.

Cynical is the name we give those we fear may be laughing at us.

People ask me, Jimmy, howd you get here tonight. Lets just say it involved a two-hour make-out session with Elaine Stritch. It got pretty heavy actually, I almost had to host.

I believe that it is a great mistake not to stand up for people, even when you differ with them, if you feel that they are trying to do things that will help our country.

When I went on Fox News people asked me why I was going on those shows. Are you kidding? You have to go, especially to people you don't agree with.

We find rhetorical situations everywhere in life, and only our imaginations can get us out of them.

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect...