Superstitious Quotes

125 quotes by 119 authors

I swear my car won't run unless I'm picking my nose: At least, I'm that superstitious about it, so I don't want to take any… — Adam Carolla
The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious beliefin lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us,… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared. — Sun Tzu
His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old… — Stephen King
The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one… — Mark Twain
Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. — Benjamin Franklin
Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favorable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly mad. — Samuel Johnson
I'm not superstitious because it brings bad luck. — Placido Domingo
Wherever modern Science has exploded a superstitious fable or even a picturesque error, she has replaced it with a grander and even more poetical truth. — George Perkins Marsh
Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we… — C. D. Broad
I'm pretty superstitious, I want to do everything right, get my routine right, and I wait for waves. I kinda try to sense the ocean… — Mark Occhilupo
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed. — Mahatma Gandhi
Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a… — David Karp
The governments alone are responsible for the spread of the superstitious awe with which the common man looks upon every bit of paper upon which… — Ludwig von Mises
I resist all established beliefs. My religion basically is to be immediate, to live in the now. It's an old cliche, I know, but it's… — Jack Nicholson
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious. — Steve Carell
Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a very superstitious person. I'm walking onto the plane as we speak. I'm… — Jessica Chastain
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own… — Max Horkheimer
Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)â€”Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all works, has already… — Walt Whitman

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