#superstition

I have only one superstition... Touch all the bases when I hit a home run. ↗

— George Herman

#hit #home #home run #i #only

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end as superstitions. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game. ↗

— Duffy Daugherty

#behind #end #feeling #game #only

The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world. ↗

— John Strachan

#awakened #churches #civilized #civilized world #death

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

#attitudes #crime #curriculum #defense #family