Jacque Fresco

Despite advances achieved through objective scientific investigation, and the breaking down of long-standing fears and superstitions, the world is still not a reasonable place. Many attempts to make it so have failed because of selfish individual and national interests.

American Inventor

Sadie Jones

I've always thought it was important not to attach too much superstition to the space where you're writing, because once you get into the mindset that you can only do it a certain way in a certain place, your creativity can get blocked.

English Novelist

John Strachan

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.

Canadian Clergyman

Christopher Hitchens

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.

American Author

Kurt Vile

When I leave a recording session, there is usually a lot of paranoia or superstition on my part, like I'm afraid to hear what we've done.

American Musician

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I always wanted to be an actor, but I just never told anyone. I had this superstition that if I said it out loud, it wouldn't come true.

Danish Actor

Charlotte Rae

Superstitions actually played a big role in my life. I wouldn't even go on a casting call if I had a hunch that it was an 'unlucky' day.

American Actress

Bertrand Russell

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

British Philosopher

Francis Bacon

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

English Philosopher

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German Writer

Understand superstitions vary by culture and may be taken seriously.

Cultural Sensitivity

Many superstitions have historical origins that explain their existence.

Historical Context

Superstitions often confuse correlation with causation.

Causation Confusion

Not all traditions or beliefs are superstitions, be cautious when labeling.

Avoid Generalization

Superstitions can invoke strong feelings; they're not just trivial beliefs.

Emotional Impact

Certain superstitions can have negative connotations; use them respectfully.

Connotation Awareness

Superstitions are often found in stories to add an element of mystery.

Fictional Context

Superstitions can be used metaphorically to describe irrational behavior.

Metaphorical Usage

 such that there is no pattern, they will figure out any kind of pattern. And whatever they were doing just before they got the reward, they repeat that particular pattern. Sometimes it was even spinning around twice counterclockwise, once clockwise and peck the key twice. And that's called superstition,

The pattern behind...

 In Africa, superstition is widespread, with so many people believing in witchcraft, something that has no basis in reason or in science. Yet alleged witches, usually women, children and elderly persons are still routinely attacked, banished and killed. And I've made it part of my life's mission

Why I choose humanism...

 have a different understanding of the world. Different people see things differently -- different viewpoints. There is my world and there is your world, and my world is always better than your world, because my world, you see, is rational and yours is superstition.

East vs west -- the...

 extremely primitive creature called a tenrec and they live nowhere else in the world but in madagascar the local people have superstitions and taboos connected with nearly all their animals and they have them about even such an inoffensive little beast as this

Sir David Attenborough...

 know the brains tendency to see things that aren't there because it really wants to believe that they are so of course they visit so this is the space the landscape in which superstition lives as science demystifies the universe there is an existential angst

Jason Silva on...

 Now you, as Westerners, and I, as Westerners, would say well, that's superstition. But after being there for a while, and seeing the amazing things that happened, you begin to wonder whose beliefs are those that are in operation in the world,

Where does creativity...

 that life is better than death, health is better than sickness, abundance is better than want, freedom is better than coercion, happiness is better than suffering and knowledge is better than ignorance and superstition. Thank you.

Is the world getting...

 that was deemed worth taking to the afterlife by early Egyptians. As I continued my research, I found out that fonio was actually -- wherever it was cultivated -- there was always some myth, or some superstition connected to it.

A forgotten ancient...

 it's folly, It's ignorance, it's superstition. Suppose it was intuition. Suppose it was the only way we could talk about what we knew, a fundamental, deep truth that this is not the last word. This is not the end of the story.

Is Humanity Smart Enough...

 Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? And how do you feel about the number thirteen? Whether or not you believe in them, you're probably familiar with a few of these superstitions.