Superstition Quotes

334 Superstition quotes by 230 unique authors

The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, -- luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, -- are constant. The civilization… — Cyril Connolly
There is in superstition a senseless fear of God. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The superstition in which we grew up, Though we may recognize it, does not lose Its power over us.-Not all are free Who make mock… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Entrepreneurial creation is the generation, de novo, of novelty and surprise- freedom of choice originating in the world of ideas, and imagination beyond all concern… — George Gilder
Astronomy was born of superstition; eloquence of ambition, hatred, falsehood, and flattery; geometry of avarice; physics of an idle curiosity; and even moral philosophy of… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it. — Mark Twain
Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether… — Benjamin Disraeli
In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway. — Tucker Carlson
I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along… — Gil Gerard
For men to focus on controlling women's reproduction to solve a society's problems seems nothing short of mad or, at best, superstitious. But men's superstition… — Marilyn French
The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation, is ever more dangerous. Jesus had to work on the perilous confines of reason and… — Thomas Jefferson
Stand up and be strong! No fear. No superstition. Face the truth as it is! — Swami Vivekananda
Evolution doesn't care whether you believe in it or not, no more than gravity does. I want to rekindle excitement over what we've achieved as… — Seth MacFarlane
Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow? — Garrett Fort
I don't know concretely if it's due to superstition, but any time a new rule is implemented into the NBA or a new piece of… — Stu Jackson
The worst of all superstitions may be that astrology is a superstition. — Kedar Joshi
Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural. — Theophrastus
The serenity produced by the contemplation and philosophy of nature is the only remedy for prejudice, superstition, and inordinate self-importance, teaching us that we are… — Luther Burbank
Science of to-day-the superstition of to-morrow. Science of to-morrow-the superstition of to-day. — Charles Fort
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible. — Mark Hopkins
The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me - the raving of insanity, superstition gone… — Luther Burbank
The spectacle of what is called religion, or at any rate organised religion, in India and elsewhere, has filled me with horror and I have… — Jawaharlal Nehru
As for myself, I do not believe that such a person as Jesus Christ ever existed; but as the people are inclined to superstition, it… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Punishment [by Nero] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition. — Suetonius
Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once… — Luther Burbank

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