“Americans are quite skeptical about the goal of promoting democracy. People feel it's a desirable goal, but, from a commonsense point of view, both Republicans and Democrats have come to the conclusion that democracy is something that countries can only come to on their own.”
Daniel Yankelovich
“All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be skeptical, or at least cautious; and not to admit of any hypothesis, whatsoever; much less, of any which is supported by no appearance of probability”
David Hume
“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”
Miguel de Unamuno
“Skepticism is slow suicide”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There's a lot of skepticism among professionals that too many people are trying to jump in -- so it could be a sign of the top.”
Donald Selkin
“We're feeling pretty good right now. With our [No. 10] ranking, there's been a lot of criticism and skepticism, people saying we aren't playing up to our ranking. But that's just how it is. It could have been bad [after the WSU loss], but we ended up turning it around and making it good.”
Bobby Jones
“I think there's been a general skepticism in the game, a lot of people inside and outside of Cleveland waiting for us to collapse. It's been so hard for people to believe. But if we're still standing by the last weekend, either race, it doesn't matter.”
Mark Shapiro
