#superstitions

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended. ↗

— Lactantius

#aside #beginning #cannot #comprehended #corrupt

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#almost #any #comes #conclusion #dangerous

The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#bondage #influences #more #other #perpetuate

If a rooster crows while you're thinking about a man," the fortuneteller had once told Maria, "then he's the one you'll marry. ↗

— Karen Cecil Smith

#marriage

I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee. ↗

— Natalie Coughlin

#any #coffee #i #i always #pillow

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs. ↗

— Marlene Dietrich

#habits #rather #superstitions #than

Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions. ↗

— Brian McBride

#before #direct #few #game #i

It's up to the owner of a blanket to sleep on the blanket or to sleep in the blanket. ↗

— Kudakwashe Muzira

#romance #superstitions-infanticide #triplets #family

Nothing makes us love something more than the loss of it. ↗

— Rick Yancey

#monster #monsters #monstrumologist #rick-yancy #science-fiction

I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#against #any #armed #countries #critical