(27 quotes found)
“I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a science, if it is a science, of doubtful value, to be severely left alone by those who have any faith in Providence”
Mahatma Gandhi
“About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.”
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”
John Kenneth Galbraith
“Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology”
Rebecca West
“If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“At the moment I am looking into astrology, which seems indispensable for a proper understanding of mythology. There are strange and wondrous things in these lands of darkness. Please, don't worry about my wanderings in these infinitudes. I shall return laden with rich booty for our knowledge of the human psyche.”
Carl Gustav Jung
“The vast majority, who believe in astrology and think that the planets have nothing better to do than form a code that will tell them whether tomorrow is a good day to close a business deal or not, become all the more excited and enthusiastic about t”
Isaac Asimov
“Astrology, or when the stars enlighten illuminated who dazzle a bunch of lunatics.”
Paul Carvel
“I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.”
Noel Coward