"Skeptic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... daughter of the Ordinance of 1787, already the young mother of other commonwealths that bid fair to vie with her in beauty, rises in her loveliness and glory, crowned with cities, and challenges the admiration of the world. Hither should come the political skeptic, who, in his despair, is ready to strand the ship of state; for here he may learn how to guide it safely on the waters. Should some modern Telemachus, heir to an island empire, touch these shores, here he may observe the vitality and strength of the principle of ...
— The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick
... minute. "I wouldn't buy it except for one thing. If you, the hardest-boiled skeptic that ever went unhung, can feed yourself the whole bowl of such a mess as that, I can at least take a taste of ...
— The Galaxy Primes • Edward Elmer Smith
... Scotty insisted. "But since you're such a skeptic, you can wait until we've hauled in the food. Come on, scientist. And unless you keep an open mind until you hear the evidence, we'll take your ...
— The Blue Ghost Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin
... is. He is very poor. But you are very attractive. There, I'm a skeptic about men, but you can trust Peter. Only don't fall in love with him. It will be years before he can marry. And don't let him fall in love with you. He ...
— The Street of Seven Stars • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... of miracles with fresh attention. His belief in his own powers was evidently so sincere that even a skeptic could not fail to ...
— The Dude Wrangler • Caroline Lockhart
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