Amy Tan Quotes

I don't carry lucky charms, but I believe in those things.

The 18th century, which is usually held to be the most "materialistic" of epochs, was, in fact, a most "spiritualistic" one; in which ghosts, demons, quacks, philosophers' stones, enchanters' wands, mysteries and mummeries, were as fashionable—as they will probably be again some day.

I'm not, like - what's the word when you believe in a lot of magic? Superstitious.

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.

I am saying that while popular culture usually portrays practitioners of magic as separate from ordinary people, often biologically different, many people have habits or customs or superstitions that show magic was once a whole lot more democratic.

One of the things that I have admired about India is the spiritualism of the people.

I believe in numbers and signs.

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

My grandfather was a faith healer and medium, and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers.

I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.

As a person, I do ascribe to a lot of magical thinking myself.

I'm a spiritual person. I'm not very religious. I was raised Catholic, but I am influenced a lot by Buddhism and Hinduism.

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.

I don't believe in voodoo.

I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.

Many people who no longer go to church end up falling prey to superstition.

The border between the natural and the supernatural, religion and philosophy, may not always be clear. But there are lines, and we should know and accept which side of it we are on.

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

I can read the Tarot cards and believe in ghosts.

I know the difference between black magic and white magic.

Superstitions and belief in magic are perennial in just the same way as religion, and something near to being universal among mankind; and why this is so may be interesting, but in most cases the beliefs themselves are devoid of interesting content, at least to me.

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.

I think, when I was little, I was a little obsessed with anything that provided luck: Buddhas, 4-leaf clovers, heads-up pennies, even - gasp - a rabbit foot - which actually kind of disgusts me now.

Even before 'The OA,' I was a very spiritual person.

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.