Quotes About Superstition

It was the 13th of the month, and 13 is my lucky number

Convertida en religión del hombre moderno, la ciencia se ha lanzado a desvelarnos hasta el más recóndito repliegue del universo; y, en su afán acaparador, en su anhelo totalitario de abarcar todos los misterios que anidan en el universo, ha empezado a convertirse en superstición, con sus sacerdotes dementes y sus acólitos turulatos

Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational, but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?

My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband. -Penelope Featherington

Come credeva alla iettatura, era incrollabile nell'opinione che il colera fosse un malefizio, un espediente di governo inteso a sfollare le popolazioni, a incutere un salutare timore nei superstiti. Dinanzi allo zio duca, sapendolo dell'opinione contraria, più «progressista», cioè che la peste venisse per correnti atmosferiche, taceva prudentemente; ma con Fersa si sbottonava, derideva le quarantene e tutti gli altri amminnicoli fatti per darla a bere ai gonzi.

Real religion should be something that liberates men [sic]. But churches don't want free men [sic] who can think for themselves and find their own divinity within. When a religion becomes organized it is no longer a religious experience but only superstition and estrangement.

The horse-shoe or rabbit's foot contains no power, but man's spoken word and belief that it will bring good luck creates expectancy in the subconscious mind, and attracts a "lucky situation.

One little superstition of mine I hope you will indulge. I never meet with perfect strangers in desolate bastle houses or alarmingly named alleyways at twilight. This trifling quirk I developed shortly after acquiring a large number of enemies.

Science is history arranged according to the superstition and taste of the moment. The vocabulary of scholars has no wit, no salt. These heavy tomes have no soul, they are filled with distress...

True superstition is ignorant honesty & this is beloved of god and man.

Are you a religious man, Win?" "No," I tell him. "May I ask what you believe?" I tell him the same thing I tell any religious worshipper—be they Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu: "All religions are superstitious nonsense, except, of course, yours.

No, I mean I can smell somebody an' tell if they're gonna die. An old lady taught me how. Jean--Louise--Finch, you are going to die in three days.

He was nearly blind in his left eye, and said left eyes were the tribal curse of the Finches. Whenever he wanted to see something well, he turned his head and looked from his right eye.

Well, Indian-heads—well, they come from the Indians. They're real strong magic, they make you have good luck.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.

Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing, I feel the energy I need to write will be drained. It's so intimate, I can't even share it with my wife.

They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.

My ring name is 'Bullet,' which was given to me by Pavel. It's, like, tradition for your coach to give you your fight name. There's a superstition that says if your fight name matches who you are as a person, it will give you a lot of success in your fighting career.

children listen to superstitious tales, the story goes, that that spot, in the heart of the "Big Cane," is a haunted place. For more than a quarter of a century, human voices had rarely, if ever, disturbed the silence of the clearing. Rank and noxious weeds had overspread the once cultivated field—serpents sunned themselves on the doorway of the crumbling cabin. It was indeed a dreary picture

Ancient history is oddly short on incorrect omens.

If a man who can't count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky?

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?