Perfume Genius

I think it's fun to be superstitious. There's a drama in being superstitious. I'm like that in general. I have friends who don't believe in love or just think it's a chemical thing, and they don't believe in magic. I enjoy believing in all that stuff. It makes things seem more important than they are, like there's more to it.

American Musician

Anthony McCarten

I am so superstitious that I think even discussing this subject is dangerous and will probably bring me terrible luck. Having been raised a Catholic, superstition becomes almost part of your DNA. The challenge is to slowly rid yourself of these little delusions.

New Zealander Novelist

Krystle D'Souza

I'm not superstitious. But my mother doesn't allow me to cut my nails after dark. Earlier, I used to wear a scapular from Potta around my neck, given to me by a family member. But during my shoots, it's not possible, so I tie it on my right wrist for protection.

Indian Actress

Anya Taylor-Joy

I have always believed in magic. I used to run into the woods as a little kid looking for witches. But I'm not superstitious, because I m not afraid of it. I see it as something really beautiful, and I wouldn't want to live in a world without magic.

Argentinian Actress

Gretchen Rubin

Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection between them. Most of us aren't superstitious - but most of us are a 'littlestitious.

American Author

Chadwick Boseman

I know that baseball players have certain rituals or habits that they develop, because sometimes it becomes somewhat superstitious if they get on a streak and want to do the same thing over and over again.

American Actor

Steven Wright

I didn't tell any of my friends that I wanted to be a comedian, because I was superstitious. I thought if I told people, it wouldn't happen. So I kept it all in my head for years and years.

American Comedian

Josh McDowell

For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd.

American Writer

Sun Tzu

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.

Chinese Philosopher

Geraint Thomas

I am not really superstitious - I get ready in the same order pretty much every day. I'm afraid I'm a bit boring like that.

Welsh Athlete

Often used when discussing traditions, rituals, or habits without logical basis.

Language Context

While it can sound negative, sometimes it's neutral, describing common cultural practices.

Not Always Negative

Can imply emotional investment in beliefs, such as fear or hope, not just logic.

Emotional Charge

 and it's proven itself to do a really good job. We understand the universe pretty well because of science. One of science's weaknesses is that it's done by people, and we bring a lot of baggage along with us when we investigate things. We are egotistical, we are stubborn, we're superstitious, we're tribal, we're humans --

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 People that are put in a condition of feeling out of control are more likely to see something in this, which is allegedly patternless. In other words, the propensity to find these patterns goes up when there's a lack of control. For example, baseball players are notoriously superstitious

The pattern behind...

 into other lives, other possibilities. And please bear with I'll draw a circle and come back to this point. Now one other thing happened around this same time. My mother became a diplomat. So from this small, superstitious, middle-class neighborhood of my grandmother,

The politics of fiction...

 years ago we don't go out much at night now for a long time you know after I've been trying to figure out because at the same time there was kind of comment aware because gossip is always juicy so someone who doesn't believe in superstitious things would tell the

The reality constructed...

 bound to occur all the time to somebody somewhere and in today's wired globalized world we're likely to hear about strange coincidences when they happen so think about it could it be that our modern technology is actually making us more superstitious

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 you can see why mistletoe captivated our superstitious ancestors. They saw these as signs of the plant's magical qualities and fertility. Even today, the mistletoe inspires wonder with the diversity of wildlife it supports.

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 may seem like superstitious nonsense but as long as members of the community continue to find benefit in the age-old tradition the brujos will practice their white and black magic

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 no one is certain well a lot of people here do say that this is just superstitious those who don't face this problem say it's nonsense

Superstitious

Believing in or influenced by ideas about magic or luck that are not based on science or reality.

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Language Context

Not Always Negative

Emotional Charge

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