Anne Rice Quotes

Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes refuge in the strangest nooks and corners, and then suddenly comes forth again, as soon as it believes itself at all safe.

As they say in my country, the only thing that separates us from the animals is mindless superstition and pointless ritual.

In all superstition wise men follow fools.

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

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.

Any one so senseless as to believe that there are men whose footsteps are higher than their heads?... that the crops and trees grow downward?... that the rains and snow and hail fall upward toward the earth?... I am at a loss what to say of those who, when they have once erred, steadily persevere in their folly and defend one vain thing by another.

A thing can be true and still be desperate folly.

The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it.

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

Superstition is the poetry of life. It is inherent in man's nature; and when we think it is wholly eradicated, it takes refuge in the strangest holes and corners, whence it peeps out all at once, as soon as it can do it with safety.

Superstitious notions propagated in infancy are hardly ever totally eradicate, not even in minds grown strong enough to despise the like credulous folly in others.

Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs.

We're all entitled to our superstitions.

Superstition is the spleen of the soul.

Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over.

It's extremely unlucky to be superstitious, for no other reason than it is always unlucky to be colossally stupid.

The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.

There is absolutely no common sense, it is common non-sense.

Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.

If you can believe in God you can believe in a witch, it is the same package. If you can believe in one kind of nonsense, you can believe in all kinds of nonsense.

Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity.

Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious.

We are all hunting for rational reasons for believing in the absurd.