Fanatic Quotes

221 Fanatic quotes by 110 unique authors

A fanatic is a man who, when he's lost sight of his purpose, redoubles his effort. — Poul Anderson
Let no one mistake it for comedy, farcical though it may be in all its details. It serves notice on the country that Neanderthal man… — H. L. Mencken
Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere. — Simon Kuper
Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get… — Edward Abbey
Mere human beings cant afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even about justice or loyalty. The fanatic for justice ends by murdering a million… — Storm Jameson
It boils down to studenthood-in-perpetuity / curiosity-in-perpetuity / applied fanatic restlessness. That is, a belief that life is ONE BIG LEARNING EXPERIENCE. Something mysterious happens… — Tom Peters
I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic. — Lisa See
I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic. — Steve McManaman
I'm an organizational fanatic. I created a locker room that the children pass through when they come in the house. Each child has a personal… — Unknown Author
I believe I love my guitar more than the others love theirs. For John and Paul, songwriting is pretty important and guitar playing is a… — George Harrison
Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic. — Cobi Jones
But even gold is not everything: and only a fanatic, and a rather foolish fanatic, would say that this style of fiction summed up and… — George Saintsbury
They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a faithful and fanatic audience as I am, and… — Guillermo del Toro
One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence. — George Orwell
The southern German has the imagination and emotionality to subscribe to a fanatic ideology, but he is ordinarily inhibited from excesses by his natural humaneness.… — Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your… — Edward Abbey
I'm a fanatic about Irish music. I love its moody, modal and timeless quality. I'm different from some other composers, because I don't look at… — Unknown Author
Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band actually existed, or… — Jay McInerney
I've been a fanatic about working out all my life. — Dan Gable
Every fanatic or enemy of virtue is not at liberty to misrepresent the greatest geniuses and most heroic defenders of all that is valuable in… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others. — Milton Sapirstein
Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic....So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your… — Edward Abbey
A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions. The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an excuse… — Gordon R Dickson
The religious fanatic who practices terrorism cannot be reasoned with, because there is nothing you can threaten him with, and no alternative you can offer… — Massad Ayoob
They who get off on tangents and ride hobby horses to death are they who become fanatic. Let them understand that they must be tolerant… — Spencer W. Kimball

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