Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition. Isaac Asimov American Scientist More Isaac Asimov Quotes 2
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. William Ralph Inge English Clergyman More William Ralph Inge Quotes 1
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Pope John Paul II Polish Clergyman More Pope John Paul II Quotes 0
Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time. Barbara Walters American Journalist More Barbara Walters Quotes 0
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish. Adam Weishaupt German Clergyman More Adam Weishaupt Quotes 0
This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice. Adam Weishaupt German Clergyman More Adam Weishaupt Quotes 0
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. Francis Bacon English Philosopher More Francis Bacon Quotes 0
Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women. Henry James American Writer More Henry James Quotes 0
The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum. Christopher Lasch American Historian More Christopher Lasch Quotes 0
A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. Jose Bergamin Spanish Writer More Jose Bergamin Quotes 0
Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain. John Calvin French Theologian More John Calvin Quotes 0
In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway. Tucker Carlson American Journalist More Tucker Carlson Quotes 0
My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game. Duffy Daugherty American Coach More Duffy Daugherty Quotes 0
I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along and beats me to it. Gil Gerard American Actor More Gil Gerard Quotes 0
Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a science. Hal Clement American Writer More Hal Clement Quotes 0
Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. Countess of Blessington Irish Novelist More Countess of Blessington Quotes 0
The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance. Robert Bork American Public Servant More Robert Bork Quotes 0
Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other. James F. Cooper American Novelist More James F. Cooper Quotes 0
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. Edmund Burke Irish Statesman More Edmund Burke Quotes 0
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. Denis Diderot French Editor More Denis Diderot Quotes 0
Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow? Garrett Fort American Writer More Garrett Fort Quotes 0
Superstition is the poetry of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German Poet More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes 0
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. Thomas Fuller English Clergyman More Thomas Fuller Quotes 0
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. Joseph Joubert French Writer More Joseph Joubert Quotes 0
I have only one superstition... Touch all the bases when I hit a home run. George Herman American Journalist More George Herman Quotes 0