There is a high degree of skepticism that the substantial investment underway at the [phone companies] to deliver broadband networks to the home will deliver a satisfactory return on the incremental investment.

I think that would be very difficult to sustain. It would always allow an opportunity to the fellow not blocking it to take customers.

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca

I wouldn't say I'm happy now. My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades.

Great intellects are skeptical.