“ History warns us... that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. ”
- Thomas Henry Huxley- Copy
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“ Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation, is ever dangerous. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ If I smashed the traditions it was because I knew no traditions. I'm the girl with the unquenchable thirst. ”
- Anne Waldman- Copy
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“ If I smashed the traditions it was because I knew no traditions. ”
- Maude Adams- Copy
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“ Superstition is... religion which is incongruous with intelligence. ”
- John Tyndall- Copy
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“ Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths. ”
- Tryon Edwards- Copy
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“ If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions. ”
- Maude Adams- Copy
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“ "Management" means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folklore and superstition, and of cooperation for force… ”
- Peter Drucker- Copy
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“ A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to follow will not seem to throw it further back — it is already so far. ”
- Alice Meynell- Copy
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“ The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences. ”
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton- Copy
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“ Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished. ”
- Ulysses S. Grant- Copy
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“ It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. ”
- Aldous Huxley- Copy
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“ Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of. ”
- Ellen Goodman- Copy
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“ We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folklore and superstition, and of cooperation for force… ”
- Peter Drucker- Copy
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“ As I see it, the most effective way to do this is frankly to accept these historical tales for what they are now known to be - folklore - and treat them in such a fashion that the realistic-minded, sophisticated people of our generation accept them… I sincerely hope that this painting will help reawaken interest in the cherry tree tale and other bits of American folklore that are too good to lose. ”
- Grant Wood- Copy
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“ I think a lot of players from the USA could come to the premiership. They started there with a blank piece of paper, and have got it right. They have more kids playing Soccer, as they call it over there, than any other sport, but the major league soccer, will find it hard to compete with the likes of American Football, Basketball and Baseball. ”
- Richard Gough- Copy
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“ 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. ”
- Sarah Bernhardt- Copy
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“ The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around… Throughout history, tender loving care has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing. ”
- Larry Dossey- Copy
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“ There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Without art, science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science, art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery. ”
- Raymond Chandler- Copy
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“ The world's literature and folklore are full of stories that point out how futile it can be to seek happiness. Rather, happiness is a blessing that comes to you as you go along; a treasure that you incidentally find. ”
- Louis Binstock- Copy
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