The elephant which supports the world is called Muha-pudma, and the the tortoise which supports the elephant is called Chukwa. In some… — E. Cobham Brewer Copy Share Image
It is not history, theology or mythology that interest me. It is the fact that history, theology or mythology could have alternative… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Followers of another political party tell us that we will strengthen ourselves by ignoring our history, our traditions, our mythologies, our culture… — B. W. Powe Copy Share Image
It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
In our national mythology, we seem to include only one-way migrations to the great capitol cities. The journey from the small Wisconsin… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
Through dreams a door is opened to mythology, since myths are of the nature of dreams, and that, as dreams arise from… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
Myth is the system of basic metaphors, images, and stories that informs the perceptions, memories, and aspirations of a people; provides the… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
“My reading and studying and retellings of old stories didn't do anything except help me think better. I was at least thoughtful.… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
“People didn't realize it, but they needed myths to survive, just as much now as when their forebears were alive. Perhaps more.… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“Tell me something. Do you believe in God?' Snow darted an apprehensive glance in my direction. 'What? Who still believes nowadays?' 'It… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
“We fell in love with that little peep-show projection on the inside of an iris, pictures that amount to nothing more than… — James Curcio Copy Share Image
FlashForward' is definitely not a sci-fi show. It doesn't have the mythology of 'Lost.' We have one major event that happens that… — Sonya Walger Copy Share Image
One of our people in the Native community said the difference between white people and Indians is that Indian people know they… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
For the liver, what's so interesting is that there's no stem cell in the liver. So the normal liver actually can regenerate.… — Sangeeta N. Bhatia Copy Share Image
“Demon” means “knowledge” in Greek. “Science” means “knowledge” in Latin. A jurisdictional dispute is exposed, even if we look no further.” — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
We tried to approach this as though there's never been a Superman movie before, but at the same time respecting the canon… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
I made my song a coat Covered with embroideries Out of old mythologies From heel to throat But the fools caught it,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The difference between faith and insanity is that faith is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with… — William Harwood Copy Share Image
Poetry, mythology, and religion represent the world as man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
“You read any Greek myths, puppy? The one about the gorgon Medusa, particularly? I used to wonder what could be so terrible… — Mike Carey & Peter Gross Copy Share Image
Vernon Fenwick. He's a cameraman at Channel 6 - he's April O'Neil's cameraman - and Vernon is a character who is from… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
Mythology has largely been written by men and focusses on men - on wars and men, who went to war. But, there… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore, I find that stories people told each other thousands of… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Well, for me, I grew up in the Carolinas, and it's our mythology. Those are the characters that we learn about how… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
If we come from good families where we have been supported well, there is a disillusionment we have to undergo in terms… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power,… — Plato Copy Share Image
One of the things that really intrigued us the most about the whole Wonder Woman mythology is the actual mythology of it.… — Bruce Timm Copy Share Image
I think there’s a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or… — Jody Williams Copy Share Image
“We're two fools, you know," he said, looking into her eyes. "I don't remember the moment I fell in love with you,… — Laurel Cremant Copy Share Image
The wicked will gnaw their tongues for anguish and pain; they will curse God and look upwards. There the dogs of hell,… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
“I perceived a hypocrite in every soul that passed through the temple's hallowed doors, beseeching our goddess for wisdom in battle, yet… — Ashezi Copy Share Image
“The visage of Lucifer mushroomed into hideousness above the cloudbank, rising slowly like some titan climbing to its feet after ages of… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
I used mythology to tell the story [in Living with Love], with the story of the minotaur and the matador and fighting… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“myths reflect centuries of oral tradition in non-literate as well as literate peoples – when it comes to the supernatural, there's no… — Kailin Gow Copy Share Image
“As often as we made love I remembered what my poet told me, that this man was born of a goddess, the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
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