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Superstitions Quotes by Carl Sagan
- If we offer too much silent assent about mysticism and superstition - even when it seems to be doing a little good - we abet…
- The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites…
- I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more…
- I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time ... when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very…
- An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth - scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and…
- One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider this an overbroad…
- Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is,…
- Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion…
- In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to ignore the fact…
More Superstitions Quotes
- Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly… — Isaac Asimov
- The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon
- I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of hogwash. Once I let go… — Amy Adams
- I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and… — Sarah Bernhardt
- The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive… — Robert Bork
- Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. — Edmund Burke
- Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it… — John Calvin
- I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has… — Criss Angel
- All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity. — Baron d'Holbach
- There is not really any courage at all in attacking hoary or antiquated things, any more than in offering to fight one's… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment to the… — Unknown Author
- Science and reason liberate us from the shackles of superstition by offering us a framework for understanding our shared humanity. Ultimately, we… — Gad Saad