Sentence examples for when scepticism from inspiring English sources

But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth," he once said.

Caravaggio's torn, furrowed-browed Doubting Thomas, caught red-handed in that electric moment when scepticism thrusts its finger into faith, could be doubting Thomas Middleton's Timon ("I must ever doubt, though ne'er so sure") or Vindice ("O, I'm in doubt, whether I'm myself or no").

When did scepticism set in? "Very quickly".

That is doubly difficult when public scepticism cuts so deep.

Doctors risk losing trust at a time when public scepticism has grown in so many other areas.

There may be moments - such as his theory about not peeing on fires - when your scepticism or sense of offence is aroused; but there is much more that is unarguably to the point.

Claims of conspiracy are often thrown about when scientific scepticism about a therapy is voiced: we saw it when company Immuno biotech alleged that the chemotherapy is a killer or when Alliance for Natural Health claimed that the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency MHRA is a corrupt organisation putting patients at risk.

When such scepticism does cautiously raise its head, it is expressed so timorously that you could be forgiven for construing it as an endorsement.

I try not to use the term "sceptic" because it suggests genuine scepticism, when often the behaviour of some "sceptics" gets closer to zealotry.

Yach points out that there was similar scepticism when the WHO revealed its goal to ensure 3 million people with Aids received treatment by 2005, and when it unveiled plans to eradicate polio.

Prominent private-sector economists tend to talk only off the record when they express scepticism.