The idea that myth is the opposite of knowledge, or the opposite of truth, is simply to disallow it. It is like… — Marilynne Robinson 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 myth of the inevitability of economic globalization is based largely on the work of Milton Friedman, and easily the most underreported… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In the New Testament, myth stands over against the truth of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ...… — G. C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
There's so much myth and baloney. Like a 80-year-old man able to manhandle a 300-pounder with his little finger. Ridiculous. Or this… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
We make up any excuse to preserve myths about people we love, but the reverse is also true; if we dislike an… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
Books are an attempt to control something that's uncontrollable. That's one of the beauties of African American life. There was this thing… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, loneliness is not the experience of lacking but the experience of living. It is part and parcel of the human condition,… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
In myths the warrant of grace was the acceptance of sacrifice; it is this acceptance that love, the re-enactment of sacrifice, beseeches… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
Admixing the inner space of dream, trance, and myth with the events of everyday existence characterized every belief system worldwide before the… — Leonard Shlain Copy Share Image
Myths are the prototype for all stories. When we write a story on our own it can't help but link up with… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“You can’t expect to live in the world like the world’s your private myth.” — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
I think there's always been a myth that sailors brought in records in their knapsacks as if you could ... in the… — Derek Taylor Copy Share Image
It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The myth that men are the economic providers and women, mainly, are mothers and care givers in the family has now been… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
Myth and mythology often serve constructive and aspirational purposes. But they also do harm. — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
“Ruthlessly, in despite of itself, the Enlightenment has extinguished any trace of its own self-consciousness. The only kind of thinking that is… — Theodor W. Adorno Copy Share Image
The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one… — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
The infectious values and myths transmitted by bad sportswriters may be the deadliest words in the paper. — Robert Lipsyte Copy Share Image
There is a myth that the purpose of education is to give one the means for upward mobility and success. The plain… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
In practice, US officials seem to know better than to indulge in the patriotic myth that our constitution is the greatest system… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
