Superstitions Quotes

375 Superstitions quotes by 249 unique authors

…We were born vampires." "I thought you became –" "— vampires by being bitten? Dear me, no. Oh, we can turn people into vampires, it’s… — Terry Pratchett
I’m always intrigued by my nonsensical concern with picking out a bunch of things that look exactly alike the ones that somehow I feel are… — Vincent Price
Belief in the causal nexus is superstition. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
there i was in late middle age, cut loose in a thoroughly looted, bankrupt nation whose assets had been sold off to foreigners, a nation… — Kurt Vonnegut
My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up. — Donald E. Westlake
I have examined all of the known superstitions of the world and i do not find our superstitions of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are… — Thomas Jefferson
Robert Neville looked out over the new people of the earth. He knew he did not belong to them; he knew that, like the vampires,… — Richard Matheson
How do you get on with your father ' Beleth asked. 'Very well ' Pyrgus answered loyally although it was far from the truth. 'I… — Herbie Brennan
Superstition, like true love, needs time to grow and reflect upon itself. — Stephen King
Superstitions add texture to life. — Ilona Andrews
In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of… — John Calvin
No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor of superstition and… — Shirley Jackson
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been… — James Madison
Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over... — Sarah Addison Allen
If abuses are destroyed, we must destroy them. If slaves are freed, we must free them. If new truths are discovered, we must discover them.… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Your body does not eliminate poisons by knowing their names. To try to control fear or depression or boredom by calling them names is to… — Alan Watts
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… — Carl Sagan
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… — Carl Sagan
Life...as God intended it enables us to live above the drag of fear, superstition, shame, pessimism, guilt, anxiety, worry, and all the negativity that keeps… — Charles R. Swindoll
We're all entitled to our superstitions. — Tea Obreht
Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism. — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
You will search the world over and not find a nonsuperstitious community. As long as there is ignorance, there will be adherence to superstition. Dispelling… — Irvin D. Yalom
Superstitions, bigotries, hypocrisies, prejudices, these phantoms, phantoms though they be, cling to life; they have teeth and nails in their shadowy substance, and we must… — Victor Hugo
Life will be wonderful when men no longer fear dying. When the last superstitions are thrown out and we meet death with the same equanimity… — Gore Vidal
The old restriction meant that only the orthodox were allowed to discuss religion. Modern liberty means that nobody is allowed to discuss it. Good taste,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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