I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

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George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for...

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You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

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Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.

—Alexander Hodge

Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was belief in facts.

—John Gunther

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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.

—Leigh Bardugo in Ruin and Rising

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It is bad luck to be superstitious.

—Andrew W. Mathis

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A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time.

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