I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play. — Vincent Schiavelli Copy Share Image
“We are Bears, We are Not Suppose too be Afraid of the Dark & Dangerous Woods.” — Migdalia Torres Copy Share Image
Friends such as we desire are dreams and fables, yet we never quite give up the hope of finding them. — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Still we live meanly like ants, though the fable tells us we were long ago changed into men. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
[On Napoleon assuming power in France:] The time of Fable is over, the time of History has begun. — Josephine de Beauharnais Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We were in another planet and we were reaching for something closer to a fable. It was something fabulous. I started looking… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and New… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade; All love, all liking, all delight Lies drowned… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Rapidity does not always mean progress, and hurry is akin to waste. The old fable of the hare and the tortoise is… — Charles Warren Stoddard Copy Share Image
the dreams of childhood - it's airy fables, its graceful, beautiful, humane, impossible adornments of the world beyond; so good to be… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Because When you write about people, you inevitably offend--but if you write about animals, the evil do not recognize themselves but the… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
For me, "Zoo" has always been a fable. It has nothing to do with realism. It's a fable about what man is… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Still we live meanly, like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men; like pygmies we… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, then that this universall Frame, is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“The dreams of childhood—its airy fables; its graceful, beautiful, humane, impossible adornments of the world beyond: so good to be believed-in once,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Surely all Americans have the right to give their money only to those causes which they support. But what kind of society… — Christopher McCandless Copy Share Image
These are stories you hear... of people sitting in a mall and being spotted, and you think it will happen to you.… — Nimrat Kaur Copy Share Image
Many people don’t realize the extent to which stories influence our behavior and even shape our culture. Think about how Bible stories… — Lawrence Shapiro Copy Share Image
Not stories told by wolf or man to frighten children, of Wolfbane and of werewolves, of grasht and goblins and of silly… — David Clement-Davies Copy Share Image
“They are angry with me, because I know what I am." Said the little eagle. "How do you know that they are… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Through humility, soul-searching, and prayerful contemplation we have gained a new understanding of certain dogmas. The church no longer believes in a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“I’m surprised a person with your experience in telling elaborate fables should have difficulty in thinking up such a simple tale, but… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to… — Edward Gargan Copy Share Image
“[Fables] teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Science has never killed or persecuted a single person for doubting or denying its teaching, and most of these teaching have been… — Gratis P. Spencer Copy Share Image
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
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