If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
There's still, even now, a part of me that can't believe that I got published. That part of me has never gone away.
I start out by believing the worst
To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome.
And trust dies from ifs and buts
Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.
There's a lot of uncertainty that's not clear in my mind.
The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.
I determine nothing; I do not comprehend things; I suspend judgment; I examine.
A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things.
I feel some people are cynical by nature. You show them anything, they only see the problems and negatives.
I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
I'm starting to mistrust my judgment.
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
both doubt and certainty are as contagious as the common cold
Question everything generally thought to be obvious.
I question everything I do.
Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.
Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.
To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die.
I'm a worrier. In the UK, if I'm known for anything, it's sort of for being cynical.
I'm too cynical to be an optimist.
