(11 quotes found)
“To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt”
Samuel Johnson
“There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.”
Sir Walter Scott
“The first step towards philosophy is incredulity”
Denis Diderot
“MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Part of the issue on Capitol Hill is incredulity. People don't believe the law can be going this far awry.”
Tim Carlson
“I couldn't believe it. I was incredulous.”
Robin Davis
“Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.”
James Russell Lowell
“I find it incredulous that you can take a two-year bear market in the Dow and reverse it in two days, ... So I'm not sure this is too sustainable past another day or so before the money flows back into Nasdaq.”
Larry Rice
“We express incredulity that the senior police officer would have made extravagant claims from the outset without first informing themselves of the true facts.”
Gareth Peirce
“Only puny secrets need protection, big discoveries are protected by public incredulity.”
Marshall McLuhan
