Superstitious Quotes

125 quotes by 119 authors

But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
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
Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious… — Joan Lowery Nixon
There was really nothing for serious men to do in cases of wild gossip, for superstitious rustics will say and believe anything. — H P Lovecraft
Iâ€™m not superstitious. Iâ€™m a witch. Witches arenâ€™t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of. — Terry Pratchett
All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings. — H.G. Wells
Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist. — Robert Browning
I was a slave to something he believed to be silly and superstitious: the idea that all life was worth defending and that nothing justified… — Rick Yancey
I know of a wild region whose librarians repudiate the vain superstitious custom of seeking any sense in books and compare it to looking for… — Jorge Luis Borges
Henderson sighed. There was a time, he reflected, when the coming of this night meant something. A dark Europe, groaning in superstitious fear, dedicated this… — Robert Bloch
I had hated these ponies for the part they played in my father's death but now I realized the notion was fanciful, that it was… — Charles Portis
Should it concern us that the bible never calls us to ask Jesus into our hearts. Should it concern us that the bible never mentions… — David Platt
When...did it become irrational to dislike religion, any religion, even to dislike it vehemently? When did reason get redescribed as unreason? When were the fairy… — Salman Rushdie
Maybe she'd seen too many Japanese horror movies, and maybe it was just a tingle of warning from generations of superstitious ancestors, but suddenly she… — Rachel Caine
As you grow older, it becomes harder to feel 100 percent happy; you learn all the things that can go wrong, you become superstitious about… — Douglas Coupland
Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that… — Vincent Van Gogh
The greatest crimes have been found, in many instances, to be compatible with a superstitious piety and devotion; hence it is justly regarded as unsafe… — David Hume
Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived from twitching of… — William James
The natural inclination in all humans is to posit a force, a spirit, outside of us. That tendency toward superstitious magical thinking is just built… — Michael Shermer
I became a sceptic of one way of seeing the world. And I think it is what started me in my awareness that any worldview… — Ben Okri

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