Quotes About Superstition

Most folk consider that a woman aboard a ship brings nothing but bad luck because it provokes the jealousy of Ran, the goddess of the sea who will abide no rivals

He says he's going to die. He's got a what do you call it? A premonition. He says it's because he's going to be married.' 'What's that got to do with it?' Price shrugged as if to demonstrate that he was no expert on superstitions. 'He says it's because he's happy. He reckons that the happiest die first and only the miserable buggers live for ever.

Morality in sexual relations, when it is free from superstition, consists essentially in respect for the other person, and unwillingness to use that person solely as a means of personal gratification, without regard to his or her desires.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty.

Old-fashioned people still say "bless you" when one sneezes, but they have forgotten the reason for the custom. The reason was that people were thought to sneeze out their souls, and before their souls could get back lurking demons were apt to enter the un-souled body; but if any one said "God bless you," the demons were frightened off.

Morala curent? este un amestec bizar de utilitarism È™i superstiÈ›ie, unde îns?, cum e È™i firesc, precump?neÈ™te componenta superstiÈ›ioas?, de vreme ce superstiÈ›ia se afl? la obârÈ™ia regulilor morale.

Under the influence of great fear, almost everybody becomes superstitious.

Many German flyers, having a superstition that to wish good luck brings bad luck, will see a fellow pilot off with the cheering remark, 'Farewell — but I hope you break your arms and legs!

I believe in numbers and signs.

I don't like to believe in star signs and all of that stuff.

When I moved to New York to start my acting career, I was always very, very careful to walk way around ladders, and black cats could ruin my day. There were many silly things that brought fear into my life.

It's true what the natives say. Every time someone takes your picture, the camera steals a little bit of your soul." "That explains Bette Davis.

The superstitious, bound in to saucy doubts and fears, degenerate into cowards and die many times before their deaths.

Ban all omen-taking and superstitious practices so that death is all they have to worry about.

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.

Las armas son instrumentos de mal augurio

Hay que prohibir los augurios, y eliminar las supersticiones. Hasta que la misma muerte llegue, no hay calamidad que deba ser temida.

For him, Halloween was not All Hallows Eve

I had been right, this was just the sort of place where superstition and tittle-tattle were rife, and even allowed to hold sway over commonsense. Now

You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.

I was told once by some country people that a magician should never tell his dreams because the telling will make them come true. But I say that is great nonsense.

There is a faculty in man that will acknowledge the unseen. He may scout and scare religion from him; but if he does, superstition perches near.

If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.