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"Jim said he believed it was spirits, but I says: no, spirits wouldn't say "dern the dern fog"."
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"There is in superstition a senseless fear of God."
"He didn't like the way things were going.There were bad omens in the wind, evil portents like bats fluttering in the dark loft of a deserted barn."
"One way or another, all humans are superstitious."
"I saw an injured black cat. God knows, who has crossed her path."
"Superstition is the belief in the causal nexus."
"But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?"
"That girl will rain destruction down on you and your ship. She is an albatross, Captain. Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good luck, 'til some idiot killed it. (to Inara) Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint."
"Belief in the causal nexus is superstition."
"My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game."
"No, I think I used to be pretty superstitious about certain things, but I'm really not anymore. As long as I have everything is in order and I have my things as far as the match goes, shooting I'm fine. But I really don't."
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"Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven....The higher animals have no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out in the Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste."
"The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies."
"Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use."
"There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked."
"You will be more disappointed in life by the things that you do not do than by the things that you do."
"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."
"For I never care to do a thing in a quiet way, it's got to be theatrical or I don't take any interest in it."
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