Quotessence
Home / Topics / Charlatanism Quotes

Charlatanism Quotes

Browse 4 quotes about Charlatanism.

Charlatanism Quotes

“A silver-tongued charlatan and a half-wit society are made for each other! When these two come together in an election, a great disaster happens: Charlatan comes to power!”

Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesElectionTurkish LiteratureTurkish QuotesTurkish WritersMehmet Murat Ildan QuotationsIldan Wise SayingsTurkish Wisdom WordsTurkish PlaywrightsTurkish QuotationsTurkish AuthorsIldan WisdomIldan WordsTurkish AphorismsTurkish SayingsTurkish ThinkersCharlatansElection QuotesCharlatanBad PoliticiansElection QuotationsCharlatanismHalf WitSilver Tongue
Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
Create image

“Esses crentes chegam muito falantes, enfiados em ternos, a gravata apertando o gogó, o cabelo na risca do pente. Mas só de olhar para os pés a gente já sabe do que se trata. Antes de falar em Deus, falam no dízimo, antes de falar em Cristo, falam no diabo. Já viu como o diabo não sai da boca desse gente? Não têm caridade, só interesse. Caixeiros-viajantes.”

ChurchReligiousCharlatansChurchesBrazilian LiteratureCharlatanAntireligionBrazilian AuthorCharlatanismAntireligious
Book:Caminhando com os Mortos
Create image

“Faith in miracles took the place of science, just as faith in social transformations moved the leaders of the new society. That is why those leaders eagerly welcomed every prophecy of Lysenko's. Like addicts who realize the harm of their addiction yet still pursue the narcotic, these leaders recognized the deception yet wanted to be deceived. When the promised miracles failed, the Lysenkoists did not turn back to science; instead, they drew up even more unreal plans, issued even more glowing reports, and so it went in a dizzying spiral.”

MagaTrumpismAnti ScienceCharlatanismAnti Rationalism
Book:Lysenko and the Tragedy of Soviet Science
Create image

“It was inevitable, as soon as legends of miracles became attached to the names of the great mystics, that the credulous masses should applaud imposture more than true devotion; the cult of the saints, against which orthodox Islam ineffectually protested, promoted ignorance and superstition, and confounded charlatanry with lofty speculation. To live scandalously, to act impudently, to speak unintelligibly—this was the easy highroad to fame, wealth, and power.”

IslamCorruptionSufismDegeneration1950Charlatanism
Book:Sufism: An Account of the Mystics of Islam
Create image