“The Symphony No 9, or the Choral, had such an enormous impact that a superstition sprung up among subsequent composers that it tempted fate to venture beyond nine symphonies, the number at which Beethoven laid down his pen.”

“They were afraid that the demons would repossess someone else. This is a ridiculous superstition.”

“The film gives us unusually authentic-seeming pictures of village life and ritual, and invests the people with a certain dignity and sensibility, even if ultimately they prefer superstition to science.”

“There was also a poetical and religious element in the woman's composition which very well accorded with her superstitiousness.”

“Speaking of the superstitiousness of the Italians, he said that they universally believe in the influence of the evil eye.”

“Whatever was spoken of he would bring round to the superstitiousness of old maids, or the petting and spoiling of children.”

“At the heart of our greatest superstitions has always been a glimmer of truth.”

“There are many ideas and traditions about psychic phenomena that have been regarded as superstitions.”

“He boldly advanced the truth that believers should live by the Word of God and jettison popish superstitions.”