superstitious behavior Quotes

Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.

Even now, I'm very superstitious, in silly ways. I always put my left boot on first. Or on set, I always tie my bow tie from right to left.

I don't believe in superstitions. I just do certain things because I'm scared in case something will happen if I don't do them

We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood.

There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.

Superstition is but the fear of belief.

It is a very curious thing about superstition. One would expect that the man who had once seen his morbid dreams were not fulfilled would abandon them for the future; but on the contrary they grow even stronger just as the love of gambling increases in a man who has once lost in a lottery.

Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.

Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who are the first to succumb to its suggestive effects.

A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion.

I swear my car won't run unless I'm picking my nose: At least, I'm that superstitious about it, so I don't want to take any chances.

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.

There is superstition in avoiding superstition.

So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions.

Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection between them. Most of us aren't superstitious - but most of us are a 'littlestitious.'

Fear has been the original parent of superstition, and every new calamity urges trembling mortals to deprecate the wrath of their invisible enemies.

I think superstition has a lot to do with fear: the less, the better.

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Superstition moulds nature into an arbitrary semblance of the supernatural, and then bows down to the work of its own hands.

Superstition, like true love, needs time to grow and reflect upon itself.

I think we are intrinsically prone to being irrational and superstitious. A lot of it comes from our fear of the unknown and the fear of a lack of control over our fate.

Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a fixed, normal part of my life. ... I need rituals to prevent unnecessarily rocking my already shaky emotional boat.

I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.