Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept.

'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.'

I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof.

Skeptics question the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it.

Proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

The scientist insists on verification; the religious theologian does not; the philosopher sometimes does and sometimes does not

I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

You could look it up.

Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be

A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth.

The average man can't prove most of the things that he chooses to speak of, and still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of

I am all in favor of the skeptical mind. Do not believe anything unless you have experienced it. Do not believe anything - go on questioning, however long it takes.

I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

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 wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and perspectives - each project can involve years of research.

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

It all comes down to probable cause: If you think something's up, maybe you gotta take a look.

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

I have learned as a journalist that if you look long enough and hard enough and carefully enough, most truths are discoverable.

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

You can’t report on something that you don’t know about.