Quotes by Superstitions The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so rout it, cripple it, and make it forever infamous and ridiculous. H. L. Mencken superstitions forever way The Catholic clergy seldom bother to make their arguments plausible; it is plain that they have little respect for human intelligence, and indeed little belief in its existence. H. L. Mencken superstitions catholic littles The greatest American superstition is belief in facts. Hermann Graf Keyserling superstitions belief facts The atheist worldview of life is a materialistic culture that frees humanity from superstition. Howard Thompson superstitions atheist humanity To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing. Hypatia truth-is superstitions terrible Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present. Iain Banks superstitions shapes reason Superstitions add texture to life. Ilona Andrews texture superstitions add Writers are said to have superstitions and little rituals. Readers have them too. Ian Mcewan superstitions said littles The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith. James Anthony Froude superstitions faith science Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean. James F. Cooper superstitions quality ocean We have fought long and hard to escape from medieval superstition. I, for one, do not wish to go back. James Randi superstitions wish long Surely no other American institution is so bound around and tightened up by rules, strictures, adages, and superstitions as the Broadway theatre. James Thurber broadway-theatre superstitions theater I think everybody gets caught up in superstitions. But I don't put much stock in them ... knock on wood. Jason Akermanis superstitions woods thinking Superstition changes a man to a beast, fanaticism makes him a wild beast, and despotism a beast of burden. Jean-Francois de La Harpe beast superstitions men I think we cannot too strongly attack superstition, which is the disturber of society; nor too highly respect genuine religion, which is the support of it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau superstitions support thinking I have no lucky charm. I am 100 percent superstition-free, and I take nothing for granted. Jeff Bridges lucky-charms granted superstitions A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion. Jeremy Taylor superstitions parent fear The battle for evolution seems never-ending. And the battle is part of a wider war, a war between rationality and superstition. Jerry A. Coyne superstitions battle war Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities. Johann Kaspar Lavater superstitions mind inspire Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it. John Adams superstitions mind education «1234567891011»
