Superstitions Quotes

375 Superstitions quotes by 249 unique authors

As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth. — Philip Jose Farmer
An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth - scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and… — Carl Sagan
Superstitious." What a strange word. If you believed in Christianity or Islam, it was called "faith". But if you believed in astrology or Friday the… — Jostein Gaarder
Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates… — Sam Harris
I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature. — Thomas Jefferson
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… — Carl Sagan
It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of… — Jawaharlal Nehru
The finest thing under the sun and moon is the human soul. I marvel at the small miracles of kindness that pass between humans, I… — Anne Rice
When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer… — Mahatma Gandhi
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the… — D. A. Carson
I noticed that all the prayers I used to offer to God, and all the prayers I now offer to Joe Pesci, are being answered… — George Carlin
Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and… — Emma Goldman
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down." -The Judge — Cormac McCarthy
He spoke of very simple things- that it is right for a gull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of his being, that… — Richard Bach
Then idiots talk....of Energy. If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy.… — Charles Dickens
Morality in sexual relations, when it is free from superstition, consists essentially in respect for the other person, and unwillingness to use that person solely… — Bertrand Russell
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,… — Carl Sagan
Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved,… — Bernard Beckett
My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed… — Mark Twain
The internet was supposed to liberate knowledge, but in fact it buried it, first under a vast sewer of ignorance, laziness, bigotry, superstition and filth… — Ben Elton
The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers,… — Gaston Leroux
A woman’s beauty lies, not in any exaggeration of the specialized zones, nor in any general harmony that could be worked out by means of… — John Updike
Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If… — Jodi Picoult
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain… — Cormac McCarthy

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