“I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven!” Has BeensDoubtAuthorityTraditionAssumingRejectsProvenAntiquityDoubting Everything Author:Giordano Bruno
“Scientists have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is life after death -- though they say it's virtually impossible to get decent Chinese food.” DoubtImpossibleShadowScientistChineseDecentProvenAfter DeathLife After DeathChinese Food Author:David Letterman
“I will tell you, in the case of education, you have to make the investment if youre going to get the return. Theres no doubt about that. Its a proven fact the return is there if you make the investment. It really is about priorities.” IfsFactsCasesDoubtReturnInvestmentPrioritiesNo DoubtProven Author:Jon Tester
“It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates. Beauty is a simple thing; ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, no doubt, always prefer the extraordinary thing to the simple thing.” GivingImaginationSimplePleasureBeautyDoubtHorrorExtraordinaryNo DoubtProvenExceptionalUglinessSimple ThingsFieryExtraordinary ThingsNastiness Book:The 120 days of Sodom and other writings Source: The 120 days of Sodom and other writings
“I look at Woody Allen's prolific career of 30 or 40 films, and I'm watching the clock. I'd love to work at a clip of a film a year. We don't get the benefit of the doubt, particularly black women. We're presumed incompetent, whereas a white male is assumed competent until proven otherwise. They just think the guy in the ball hat and the T-shirt over the thermal has got it, whether he's got it or not. For buzzy first films by a white male, the trajectory is a 90-degree angle. For us, it's a 30-degree angle.” ThinkingYearsFirstsLooksFilmGuyBlackWhiteCareersDoubtDegreesBenefitsBallsMalesClockShirtsHatsProvenAngleBlack WomenT ShirtCompetentIncompetentWoodyTrajectoryClipBenefit Of The DoubtThermal Author:Dee Rees