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Fanatics Quotes

Where passion turns extreme: quotes exploring fanatics and fanaticism.

These quotes examine fanatics as people whose zeal outweighs their reasoning, whether in religion, ideology, or the pursuit of an absolute idea. See related reflections on the Always quotes page.

Atheism is a religion itself complete with fanatics and bigots.

Quotes by Vanna Bonta

Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private 'revelation'.

Quotes by Richard Dawkins

In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us.

Quotes by Linda Chavez

Recent history shows that leaders in both parties are fanatics on the topic of immigration, and they cannot be trusted to effectively enforce any significant border measure.

Quotes by Laura Ingraham

Action Quotes

In the aftermath of the oh-so-predictable crash, the Bitcoin fanatics have begun marshaling out excuse after excuse for why this non-investment investment lost so much of its value so fast. One was that hackers attacked some of the exchanges for...

Quotes by Kurt Eichenwald

We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this.

Quotes by Kay Bailey Hutchison

I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.

Quotes by Jon Krakauer

Fanatics, as a class, have far more zeal than intellect and are fanatics only because they have. There can be no fanaticism but where there is more passion than reason; and hence, in the nature of things, movements originating in...

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

When you realize my best selling books are 'Owl Moon,' the 'How Do Dinosaur' books, and 'Devil's Arithmetic,' how can the public make sense of that! I have fans who think I only write picture books or only write SF...

Quotes by Jane Yolen

Always Quotes

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people are full of doubts.

Quotes by James P. Hogan

Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.

Quotes by J. M. Coetzee

It's funny because 'Felicity' didn't have a huge following, but the following it did have is hugely devoted, so people who are fanatics about 'Felicity' would run up to me all the time. I'd be at a bar, and someone...

Quotes by Ian Gomez

Very few minds are strictly normal, and all religious fanatics are marked with abnormalities of various sorts.

Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.

Quotes by G. Gordon Liddy

American People Quotes

Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them. But animal rights fanatics do not have a point. They are the sort of people who threaten human...

Quotes by Douglas Murray

British intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan swelled the grievances home-grown fanatics fed off, while al Qaeda morphed and re-grouped in lawless sanctuaries from Somalia to Yemen.

Quotes by Dominic Raab

That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life.

Quotes by David Hackworth

Disciples who are steadfast and immovable do not become fanatics or extremists, are not overzealous, and are not preoccupied with misguided gospel hobbies.

Quotes by David A. Bednar

In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand, and they are storming city council and county commissioner meetings.

Quotes by Bob Beauprez

Feel Quotes

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Fanatics quotes focus on?
This page collects quotes that examine fanaticism as a state where passion overtakes reason, covering religious zeal, ideological extremes, and the pull some people feel toward absolute belief.
Why do people search for fanatics quotes?
Readers search for fanatics quotes when writing or thinking critically about extremism, blind conviction, or the line between strong belief and dangerous zealotry.
Is there a quote here that defines what makes someone a fanatic?
Yes, one quote argues that fanatics have far more zeal than intellect, and that fanaticism only exists where passion clearly outweighs reason.
Does this page address real-world violence linked to fanatics?
It does, in one quote that references fanatics who have kidnapped and harmed civilians, stated factually as a description of why dialogue with such groups was seen as impossible, without dwelling on graphic detail.
Is there a quote about being drawn to or fascinated by fanatics?
Yes, one quote describes being intrigued by fanatics, people seduced by the promise of the absolute, a more reflective take than the page's other, sharper lines. See also the Feel quotes page.

One quote also addresses real-world violence carried out by fanatics, treated here factually and without graphic detail. Continue with Feel quotes or Action quotes for more.