Fanatics Quotes

102 Fanatics quotes by 91 unique authors

Shakespeare scholars just sigh and consign the book to the great pantheon of revelations .. I am accustomed to fanatics who get a funny look… — William Shakespeare
Though they seem at opposite poles, fanatics of all kinds are actually crowded together at one end. It is the fanatic and the moderate who… — Eric Hoffer
There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics. — Alan Dean Foster
Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with legality. — Linus Torvalds
The lumbermen...regarded forest devastation as normal and second growth as a delusion of fools....And as for sustained yield, no such idea had ever entered their… — Gifford Pinchot
A mature heart for Christ would much rather spend its time praising him than condemning his fanatics. — Criss Jami
If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it. — Stephen Fry
Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and… — Sloane Crosley
Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private 'revelation'. — Richard Dawkins
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about… — Walter Lippmann
Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling. — Yann Martel
The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there… — H. L. Mencken
Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons. — Friedrich Nietzsche
There is little anyone can do with fanatics. Reasoning with them is a fool's errand. Avoiding them is mandatory. — Bill O'Reilly
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. — Bertrand Russell
It is dangerous when you start calling people from one part of the world terrorists or fanatic, and you reduce them to some abstract notion.… — Marjane Satrapi
Everyone knows now how early a fetus becomes a baby. Women who have been pregnant have seen their babies on ultrasounds. They know that there… — Ayelet Waldman
Disciples who are steadfast and immovable do not become fanatics or extremists, are not overzealous, and are not preoccupied with misguided gospel hobbies. — David A. Bednar
Are we not all of us fanatics? I say only what you of the U.S.A. pretend you do not know. Attachments are of great seriousness.… — David Foster Wallace
If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever… — William Wilberforce
Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to… — Thomas Paine
In a head-on collision with Fanatics, the real problem is always the same: how can we possibly behave decently toward people so arrogantly ignorant that… — David James Duncan
Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an… — Isabel Allende
Only fanatics — in religion as well as in politics — can find a meaning in someone else’s death. — Elie Wiesel
Truth has advocates who seek understanding," Richard said. "Corrupt ideas have miserable little fanatics who attempt to enforce their beliefs through intimidation and brutality... through… — Terry Goodkind

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