Quotes of Fervor - somelinesforyou

“ There is only one step from fanaticism to barbarism. ”

- Denis Diderot

“ I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease. ”

- John Donne

“ A fanatic is someone who redoubles his efforts when he has forgotten his aim. ”

- Chuck Jones

“ If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. ”

- Louis Armstrong

“ If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it. ”

- John Pierpont Morgan

“ There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. ”

- Napoleon Bonaparte

“ The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ A fanatic is someone who does what the Lord would do, if He knew the facts of the matter. ”

- Unknown

“ Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent. ”

- Frantz Fanon

“ We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes. ”

- Unknown

“ Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. ”

- Robertson Davies

“ Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. ”

- Dorothee Soelle

“ I'm not a religious person. If I get close to religion it's in these moments when people faint and shudder and have orgasms with religious fervor - I don't think they're kidding. And I'm envious. ”

- David Duchovny

“ To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious? ”

- Christopher Hampton

“ The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it. ”

- Alfred North Whitehead
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