Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carl Sagan

Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being.

Edward Gibbon

I darted a contemptuous look at the stately models of superstition.

Bill Maher

Like it or not, we're still a primitive tribe ruled by fears, superstition and misinformation.

Benjamin Whichcote

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

Celia Green

One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.

Blaise Pascal

Piety is different from superstition. To carry piety to the extent of superstition is to destroy it. The heretics reproach us with this superstitious submission. It is doing what they reproach us with.

Baha'u'llah

Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.

Baruch Spinoza

Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear.

Doris Lessing

The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.

Bill Bryson

It's an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe's supreme achievement and its worst nightmare simultaneously.

Ashton Kutcher

I didn't come from the worst of situations, and I didn't come into the best of situations. But I've appreciated the best situations. And I've made the best of the worst situations. I'm lucky to be where I am.

Kati Wilhelm

That was the worst 15 km ever in my life.

Kati Wilhelm

That was the worst 15 kilometers ever in my life.

Becca Fitzpatrick

She already has a car.” “A Ford. That’s like Toyota’s worst enemy.

William Hazlitt

His worst is better than any other person's best.

James A. Garfield

I have had many troubles, but the worst of them never came.

Eddie Locascio

I didn't want to think the worst had happened, but ....

John Kelsch

I am devastated. This is our worst nightmare.