Superstitions Quotes

375 Superstitions quotes by 249 unique authors

The conception of gods originated in fear and curiosity. Primitive man, unable to understand the phenomena of nature, and harassed by them, saw in every… — Emma Goldman
When even the brightest mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind, it will never be possible… — Mark Twain
For many, the regressive belief in superstitions and miracles is an escape from the hardships of life. Once trapped into irrationalism, they become more incapable… — Sanal Edamaruku
Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism. — Denis Diderot
A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. — Jose Bergamin
For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the… — Charles Darwin
I am saying that while popular culture usually portrays practitioners of magic as separate from ordinary people, often biologically different, many people have habits or… — David Liss
Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions. — Brian McBride
It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end as superstitions. — Thomas Huxley
The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions… — Henry Louis Mencken
LORE, n. Learning --particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or… — Ambrose Bierce
The fundamentalist mind, running in a single rut for fifty years, is now quite unable to comprehend dissent from its basic superstitions, or to grant… — Henry Louis Mencken
Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or… — Ulysses S. Grant
There is superstition in avoiding superstitions — Francis Bacon Sr
... woman's narrow and puristattitude toward life makes hera greater danger to liberty wherever she has political power. Man has long overcome the superstitions that… — Emma Goldman

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