A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some… — Christopher Vogler Copy Share Image
There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we… — Maggie Kuhn Copy Share Image
The power of the print reviewer is one of those urban myths. There have always been shows that slipped under the critical… — Ben Brantley Copy Share Image
“I should have learned my lesson from Greek myths, really. It so doesn't pay to fall in love with a god. It’s… — Marian Tee Copy Share Image
Racism is a perceptive error, and what you actually have to do is you have to get into spaces where you're meeting… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
Organ Donation is a cause I feel strongly about. It's disturbing to see a noble cause like this still being clouded by… — Arjun Mathur Copy Share Image
My 'Black Panther' run really wasn't about Black Panther. It was about Ross. It was about exploding myths about black superheroes, black… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
If you live with the myths in your mind, you will find yourself always in mythological situations. They cover everything that can… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Well, one of the myths early on that I think is one of the funnier things we've done is airline toilet seats.… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are not real. However, myths are the historical notes of those who were much wiser than ourselves. We therefore have… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Where Republicans encourage popular myths about taxes, spending, and climate change, Democrats tend to stoke our fantasies about the sustainability of entitlement… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
“fiction has enabled us not merely to imagine things, but to do so collectively. We can weave common myths such as the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Here in the trees it was much easier to believe the absurdities that embarrassed me indoors. Nothing had changed in this forest… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
One of the enduring myths of campaign analysis is that you can actually count the number of 'undecided' voters by asking voters… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
“To animals they were just the weather, just part of everything. But humans arose and gave them names, just as people filled… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime,… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
As I detail in my new book: 'Hard Measures, How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,' there are many myths… — Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr Copy Share Image
“This is the time of myths. They are woven into the present like silk strands from the past, like a wire mesh… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
There's always someone who secretly believes in myths and legends; or at least parts of them. Those are the people who will… — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
Texas is so wrapped up in myth and legend, it's hard to know what the state and its people are really about.… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
The more real things get, the more like myths they become. There have always been myths, but the myths of earlier times… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder Copy Share Image
Myths have a certain staying power because, really, they are aspirational - not always who we are, but always who we want… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
Science has rolled its war wagons over the crushed myths of so many religious beliefs. It has marshaled its mechanics to explain… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
“It is certainly true that all beliefs and all myths are worthy of a respectful hearing. It is not true that all… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Myths of the heroes are cosmic creation myths in microcosm. They depict, in no matter how subtle variation, the eternal battle we… — Dorothy Norman Copy Share Image
It is hard for many people to give up the religion in which they were born; to admit that their fathers were… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The creation myths of the various peoples and religions of the world pale when compared to the glory of the big band.… — Cixin Liu Copy Share Image
“That so many of us are still dying on account of ancient myths is as bewildering as it is horrible and our… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I'm no longer religious, but the Bible fascinates me. Hardly anyone reads it anymore, but it's got everything: it's a book of… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
“There's no difference between pulp fiction and highbrow fiction, one is as good as the other, the only difference is the aura… — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my grandparents were Greek immigrants on my father's side. My grandfather used to read me Greek myths,… — Laeta Kalogridis 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
“Myths and legends, either about divinities or the formation and history of peoples and races, began to look like pictures on a… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
I don't say that I'm an atheist. I don't like that term, because I think it mirrors the certitude of religion. I… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Myths and science fulfill a similar function: they both provide human beings with a representation of the world and of the forces… — Francois Jacob Copy Share Image
