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A fanatic is someone who does what the Lord would do, if He knew the facts of the matter. (Quote by - Unknown)

We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes. (Quote by -Unknown)

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)

As any action or posture long continued will distort and disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)

Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster. (Quote by - E. M. Cioran)

Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic. (Quote by - Otto Schuwdrmer)

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. (Quote by - Sir Winston Churchill)

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case. (Quote by - Finley Peter Dunne)

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter. (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. (Quote by - Carl Sagan)

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma. (Quote by - Jack Kevorkian)

As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note. (Quote by - Georges Bizet)

But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a novel about everyday people far removed from fundamentalism, fanaticism nationalism, or militancy of any sort. (Quote by - Amos Oz)

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. (Quote by - George Santayana)

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. (Quote by - Robertson Davies)

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. (Quote by - Edward Gibbon)

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