Joseph Addison Quotes

There is not a more melancholy object than a man who has his head turned with religious enthusiasm.

Fanatics, as a class, have far more zeal than intellect and are fanatics only because they have. There can be no fanaticism but where there is more passion than reason; and hence, in the nature of things, movements originating in it run down in a short time by their folly and extravagance.

Cricket is not a rational sport in India, and we go overboard.

Fanaticism is the danger of the world, and always has been, and has done untold harm. I might almost say that I was fanatical against fanaticism.

The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause, and to espouse its credo uncritically and enthusiastically, even if its tenets are contrary to reason, devoid of self-interest and detrimental to the claims of self-preservation.We are thus driven to the unfashionable conclusion that the trouble with our species is not an excess of aggression, but an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.

What excellent fools religion makes of men.

The fans are nuts. They are wild. They have the Patriots' back no matter what.

Passion is everything. In fact, you've got to be borderline fanatical about what you do.

Groupies are just very enthusiastic fans, that's all.

They're so effusive with their love... theatre fans. I'm a big comic book fan and there's a lot of parallels with them that they're just dedicated and loyal.

I live football as passion and emotion.

I wasn't part of the BeyHive before I met her, but after my experience working with her, meeting her, I'm a die-hard fan.

When I love something, I love it all the way.

Science fiction fans are great, but they just aren't the same as groupies.

Knicks fans are great. New York fans in general are awesome. They're passionate as hell, they know the sports, they know the game.

Anything that I love, I love to the extreme. I'm obsessive. If it's 'Star Wars,' if it's 'Transformers,' if it's the Flyers, I geek out.

Something amazing happens when you tell people you write about sports for a living. You begin to feel like you're in a scene from 'Dawn of the Dead.' The way people change when talking about 'their team' can be nothing short of zombiefication.

The Scottish fans are the best in the world. I love them.

I don't want fans anymore, because the definition of a fan is a fanatic. The people who buy my product and ride with me are my supporters, not fanatics.

Many are the thyrsus-bearers, but few are the mystics.

The cardinal doctrine of a fanatic's creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God.

Zeal is not of necessity religion, neither is it always of the same essence with poetry or patriotism.

Men can make an idol of the Bible.

One seldom discovers a true believer that is worth knowing.

That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue.