Quotes About Superstition

Intolerance and superstition has always been the domain of the more stupid amongst the common folk and, I conjecture, will never be uprooted, for they are as eternal as stupidity itself. There, where mountains tower today, one day there will be seas; there where today seas surge, will one day be deserts. But stupidity will remain stupidity. Nicodemus

Intolerance and superstition has always been the domain of the more stupid amongst the common folk and, I conjecture, will never be uprooted, for they are as eternal as stupidity itself. There, where mountains tower today, one day there will be seas; there where today seas surge, will one day be deserts. But stupidity will remain stupidity. Nicodemus de Boot, Meditations on Life, Happiness and Prosperity CHAPTER TWO Triss

Intoleranta si superstitia au fost intotdeauna trasaturi ale prostilor din multime si niciodata, din cate cred eu, nu vor fi smulse din radacini, pentru ca sunt la fel de vesnice ca prostia insasi. Acolo unde astazi se inalta muntii vor fi candva mari, acolo unde astazi se involbureaza marile vor fi maine pustiuri. Numai prostia tot prostia ramane. Nicodemus de Boot, Meditatii despre viatam fericire si bunastare

La intolerancia y la superstición siempre fueron propiedad de los tontos que hay entre el vulgo y nunca, opino, podrán ser arrancados de la tierra, pues tan eternos son como la misma estupidez. Allá, donde hoy se irguen montañas, habrá alguna vez mar, allá, donde hoy se encrespa el mar, habrá alguna vez desierto. Pero la estupidez permanecerá como estupidez.

Wzi??em od niego gada. By? sztywny. G?sior skrzywi? si? z obrzydzeniem, gdy podetkn??em mu ten totem pod nos. - To nie dla mnie. Jestem zanadto katolicki. - Wszyscy katolicy to tchórze, G?sior - powiedzia? Ma?y. - Boj? si?, ?e jaki? iguandon móg? jednak wyjeba? ich prababk?. A mo?e, nie daj Bo?e, w??? Zgroza. St?d ten pomys? na osobowego Boga. Od razu razniej, nie? Pycha was zgubi.

To ride a bicycle is in itself some protection against superstitious fears, since the bicycle is the product of pure reason applied to motion.

We are told not to leave food on the table overnight: it draws the dead.

Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for their precious offspring - redheads passed on their horrible characters through their milk.

It is not a question of whether I believe in voodoo. I am a scholar and, as such, I have studied the concept of voodoo. I have created the faculty of Afro-Haitian ethnology in our university where the concept of voodoo is taught. Voodoo is not superstition. It is a philosophy, a conception of God.

Hardly can it be judged whether it be better for mankind to believe that the gods have regard of us, or that they have none, considering that some men have no respect and reverence for the gods, and others so much that their superstition is a shame to them.

There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.

I believe in not whistling backstage and not saying the name of the Scottish play.

I can't have white roses. They symbolize death.

I don't really believe in bogey teams. The results might just be a coincidence, but we need to make sure the same thing doesn't happen at Wembley.

I was very superstitious when I was a teenager, and I had to fight against that because it made me feel anxious.

There must be something about me and teeth when I'm filming abroad, I don't have a lot of luck.

Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don't - it seems too obvious. Or too deliberate: if you go looking for names, you're bound to find them, of course, but I've always had a superstitious hunch that the names you find by accident are always going to be better and more satisfying somehow.

In Portugal, seeing a black cat is a bad sign; it's bad luck. But they tell me if it crosses from left to right, it's good luck. But I don't like black cats!

I ask you, as a citizen, is it a crime to go to the temple? And if I am propagating superstition by going to the temple, then the whole country is propagating superstition.

The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world.

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish...

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.

Theology is a superstition—Humanity a religion.

Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten, elevate and civilize mankind?