60 Movie Quotes about Skepticism (+ Sound Clips) - page 5

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

Memorable quotes about skepticism, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

41 I knew he was fake all along. In fact, I'm not even certain he was American.

Imelda Staunton as Bunty in Chicken Run

42 Phooey with science. It doesn't work.

John Byner as The Ant And The Aardvark in The Ant and the Aardvark (1969)

43 So many times every day you stop and give thanks. Mostly I can't catch on to what you're thanking the Lord for. I mean, there's nothin' special.

Frankie Avalon as Smitty in The Alamo (1960)

44 I never gave these stories much credence, but particularly in view of some other things that have happened, I find them difficult to put out of my mind.

Douglas Rain as Hal 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

45 We are skeptical ourselves, and we are running cross-checking routines to determine reliability of this conclusion.

Keir Dullea as Dr. David Bowman, Gary Lockwood (Dr. Frank Poole in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

46 I hate skeptics.

Allan Lane as Mister Ed in Mister Ed

47 Now, I never used to believe my mother's stories about Americans being the most progressive people. I thought she was boasting because she was born here.

Richard Derr as David Randall in When Worlds Collide (1951)

48 Our findings show there is no cause for alarm. No reason to spend billions of dollars to build spaceships which never will be needed.

Richard Derr as David Randall in When Worlds Collide (1951)

49 I think all you scientists are crackpots. Nothing is going to happen.

John Hoyt as Sydney Stanton in When Worlds Collide (1951)

50 Dear Editor, Santa Claus is a fraudulent myth rooted in unconscious fantasies and emerging as a deceitful lie. P.S. The reindeer are phony too. Signed, all of us.

George Gobel as Father Mouse in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)