Missy Elliott Quotes

If there's a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it.

I won't walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck. I am superstitious about everything.

Fear of death is understandable, being that we are all going to die, but fear of life and suffering is more of an irrational fear because it's something that can be avoided. The torturous part is that suffering can be avoided if you have good luck. That's somewhat out of our hands, but is it? I don't know. "Is bad luck self-harm by another name?"

I have an irrational fear that I'm going to have a gruesome and untimely death because so many wonderful things are happening to me.

I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of hogwash. Once I let go of them, I relaxed a lot.

If there's a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it. You know how in New York there's a lot of scaffolding? I won't walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck.

When I moved to New York to start my acting career, I was always very, very careful to walk way around ladders, and black cats could ruin my day. There were many silly things that brought fear into my life.

In Portugal, seeing a black cat is a bad sign; it's bad luck. But they tell me if it crosses from left to right, it's good luck. But I don't like black cats!

Persons who think there is no such thing as luck good or bad are entitled to their opinion, although I think they ought to be shot for it.

I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

I used to believe that the number eight is unlucky for me and would even avoid anything that would add up to 8 - like 17, 26 and so on. I would religiously visit astrologers and wear different stones to bring in good luck.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an 'unlucky number.' Indeed, there are many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label '13' in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact).

I hate to say it because I feel like it might be a jinx, but yes - knock on wood - I have never broken a bone.

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.'

Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

I try not to put my purse on the floor - demons will get into it.

If superstition enters, the brain is gone.

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

I think it is bad luck to put shoes on a table or walk under ladders.

My mother believed in curses, karma, good luck, bad luck, feng shui. Her amorphous set of beliefs showed me you can pick and choose the qualities of your philosophy, based on what works for you.

I am the superstitious kind: I never praise a shot because I fear the moment I do so, the batsman gets out.

Whenever I drive under a yellow light, I always kiss my finger and tap it on the roof of the car. And I do that when I get onto a plane as well!