Quotes of: Superstition Keyword

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

Voltaire

The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

George Bernard Shaw

Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural.

Theophrastus

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

Babe Ruth

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

James F. Cooper

My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up.

Donald E. Westlake

Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions.

Brian McBride

When we see things through our fixed, false beliefs, science becomes superstition.

Debasish Mridha

A state of scepticism and suspense may amuse a few inquisitive minds. But the practice of superstition is so congenial to the multitude, that if they are forcibly awakened, they still regret the loss of their pleasing vision. Their love of the marvel...

The Christians and the Fall of Rome

Superstition was with me at that moment, but it was not yet her hour for complete victory.

Jane Eyre

In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway.

Tucker Carlson

You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them.

Curt Siodmak

Laurie: [to herself, watching kids trick-or-treating] Well, kiddo, I thought you outgrew superstition.

Halloween

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion.

Criss Angel

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.

Pope John Paul II

In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense.

Amit Kalantri

Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.

Bernard Beckett

Many people who no longer go to church end up falling prey to superstition.

Umberto Eco

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

Voltaire

I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.

Zach Johnson