Mythology Quotes · Page 11

I am inclined to think that the realm of mythology is where the Yeti rightly belongs.

— Edmund Hillary

“the dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.”

— Virgil

“This coming from the god who zinged Guinevere and Lancelot while King Arthur was away slaying dragons.”

— Tai Odunsi

'Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies.

— Neil Gaiman

“A crushed spark never ignites,” I tell him. “That’s not how you fan the flame.”

— Amanda Bouchet

I do believe that there are places where the mythological and the literal touch.

— Jordan Peterson

Even as a kid, I don't think I bought into a lot of the mythology about Canada.

— Gord Downie

“Do I look like I want to be involved in your teen love saga? Ask someone who cares.”

— Priya Ardis

I had always been interested in mythology. I suppose my brief stay in Wales during World War II influenced my writing, too.…

— Lloyd Alexander

The mystery of light [and] the enigma of time form the twin pivots around which all my work revolves. In addition... my…

— Clarence John Laughlin

The whole mythology of Westeros begins with the struggle between the Children of the Forest and different warring factions before the first…

— Alex Graves

I just love rolling up my sleeves and doing research, and I especially love doing research on the origins of folklore and…

— Mark Waid

To me, the difference between mythology and real history is that the real history has to tell a kind of believable story…

— Bruno Heller

We see the game as art as much as sport. That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop…

— Steve Sabol

There is this mythology that says that when people are born, their brains are essentially fixed very early on and they're not…

— Daniel Tammet

Trump was not helped by either of his impeachments, and there's no reason other than his own mythology to think that a…

— Jamelle Bouie

“I know that you are wise. When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it…

— Orson Scott Card

I still really love the world and the universe and the mythology of 'Halo.' If I was given control, I would really…

— Neill Blomkamp

The whole thing that Dante [Alighieri] did was summed up in the medieval world. It's like St. Thomas Aquinas, the Summa Theologica.…

— Paul Laffoley

It's impossible to say that live art enjoys any single status in the information age--there are versions of live art that are…

— Philip Auslander

We've never pulled from the toy line. We've always pulled from the mythology. What's great is there's so much mythology, so there's…

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Their bodies will be raised from the dead as vessels for the soul-vessels of wrath. The soul will breathe hell-fire, and smoke…

— John Bunyan

UFO mythology is similar to the message of the classical religions where God sends his Angels as emissaries who offer salvation to…

— Paul Kurtz

People who become great leaders are those who take time to reflect every day on the big questions: Who am I? What…

— Deepak Chopra

The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.

— Jonathan Edwards

“If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.”

— Priya Ardis

“He threw the knife at Karian’s face, deliberately catching his temple. “Sons of Kings shouldn’t play with sharp toys.”

— Tracey-anne McCartney

It is the crucifixion that distinguishes the new message from the mythologies of all other peoples.

— Martin Hengel

Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart. Percy: But... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean.

— Rick Riordan

What was important for 'Legacies' to actually be a successful show is that we had to introduce new mythology.

— Danielle Rose Russell

“Do you think we can be friends?” I asked. He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend.”

— Priya Ardis

I'm interested in mythology generally, but India has no special place in my heart - although Hindu gods seem a lot more…

— Terry Pratchett

“Oh, one more thing,' Thor calls out. 'If I know my prophecy, and I do, you beautiful ladies had best start looking…

— Daniel Keidl

“Ugh! She cursed her lack of attention to the [mythology] reading. Who could have known that would be the important class?”

— Joannah Miley

“An Ego Mind is a destructive mind and a rational mind is a peaceful mind.”

— Charleston Parker

I'm extremely into Greek Mythology and know almost everything about the classic Greek myths.

— Jinkx Monsoon

The Orpheus myth is my favorite myth, and the prodigal son is my favorite parable.

— Peter Hedges

I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.

— Jean Cocteau

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula.

— Roland Barthes

Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.

— Maynard James Keenan