Fanatical Quotes

82 Fanatical quotes by 66 unique authors

It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice. — Eric Hoffer
The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause,… — Arthur Koestler
After 15 years of work I have achieved, as a common German soldier and merely with my fanatical willpower, the unity of the German nation,… — Adolf Hitler
If we're not enthusiastic, we can't get things done. If we're over-enthusiastic, we run into the danger of being fanatical. — Woodrow Wyatt
Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite. — Will Rogers
Psychic development is not a fanatical, freaky study, predicting the future, talking to UFOs, and being able to find out curious facts that are basically… — Frederick Lenz
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a little less fanatical. — Bill Gates
One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness. — Gustave Flaubert
Good habits are worth being fanatical about. — John Irving
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency! Er, among our… — Graham Chapman
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. — Eric Hoffer
It’s a small story really, about, among other things: * A girl * Some words * An accordionist * Some fanatical Germans * A Jewish… — Markus Zusak
No single man makes history. History cannot be seen, just as one cannot see grass growing. Wars and revolutions, kings and Robespierres, are history's organic… — Boris Pasternak
Talent must be a fanatical mistress. She's beautiful; when you're with her, people watch you, they notice. But she bangs on your door at odd… — David Benioff
The art and passion of reading well and deeply is waning, but [Jane] Austen still inspires people to become fanatical readers. — Harold Bloom
Those of us who write and study history are accustomed to its approximations and ambiguities. This is why we do not take literally the tenth-hand… — Christopher Hitchens
One of the problems, and it's one which is obviously going to get worse, is that all the people at the party are either the… — Douglas Adams
All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for… — Ludwig von Mises
We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I would rather see that impulse directed into the… — Stephen Fry
Oh. A bigger studio. It dawns on me, stupid me, that Henry could win the lottery at any time at all; that he has never… — Audrey Niffenegger
The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are… — Albert Einstein
In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents,… — Paul Tillich
National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain… — Carl Sagan
The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features… — Albert Einstein
Marxism, Freudianism, global warming. These are proof - of which history offers so many examples - that people can be suckers on a grand scale.… — Paul Johnson

Who Wrote These Fanatical Quotes

66 authors contributed a total of 82 Fanatical Quotes, led by these top contributors: