5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies, St. Martin's Press, New York 1983. Kap. 1.3.8; zitiert nach Umberto Eco: Das Foucaultsche Pendel, übers. v. Burkhart Kroeber. Hanser, München 1989. S. 5
Original engl.: "Superstition brings bad luck."
Raymond Smullyan Zitate und Sprüche
Raymond Smullyan: Zitate auf Englisch
“Why should I worry about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!”
This Book Needs No Title (1986)
“Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.”
Planet Without Laughter (1980)
“Metaphysical problems about "mind" versus "matter" arise only from epistemological confusions.”
An Epistemological Nightmare (1982) http://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/epistemologicalNightmare.html
Is God a Taoist? (1977) http://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/godTaoist.html
“Medical opinions differed as to the cause of this "humor" disease.”
Planet Without Laughter (1980) http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/smullyan.html