#fanatic

To love love and not its meaning, hardens the heart in monstrous ways..." (The Rape Of The Swan) Footnote : A form of self-edification, infatuation, lust and the epitome of hedonism. ↗

— The Poet Archibald MacLeish

#fanatical-desire #wanton-lust #love

Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#fitness #good #i #i think #overall

I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic. ↗

— Steve McManaman

#football #i #rather #than

It is precisely that requirement of shared worship that has been the principal source of suffering for individual man and the human race since the beginning of history. In their efforts to impose universal worship, men have unsheathed their swords and killed one another. They have invented gods and challenged each other: "Discard your gods and worship mine or I will destroy both your gods and you! ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#fanaticism #freedom-of-religion #war #worship #freedom

I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#am #anything #fanatic #got #i

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die - it's a major offence. ↗

— Clive Barker

#die #died #dog #fanatic #great

It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#know #possible #result #you

I'm a Star Wars fanatic. ↗

— Matthew Vaughn

#i #star #star wars #wars

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#because #celibate #clergy #especially #fanaticism

I give no shit to what extent they believe in superstitions and fanaticism. But I will fight till death, if their fallacious belief hurts any individual. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#believe #fanaticism #superstitions #death