The myth of the first world is that development is wealth and technology progress. It is all rubbish. It means that you… — Karen Tei Yamashita Copy Share Image
Once upon a time . . .” “In the beginning was . . .” That’s the way it always starts off. Every… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
Ixion exists as an antidote to the rules and conventions of other places. We believe that indulging in pleasure will make better… — Marianne de Pierres Copy Share Image
“It was a myth you couldn't function on opiates: shooting up was one thing but for someone like me-jumping at pigeons beating… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I love mythic stuff. I love playing with gods, I love playing with myths. A lot of it has to do with… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Myths are wonderful - they really tell the stories that connect all of us and teach us so much. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Man is not merely the sum of his masks. Behind the shifting face of personality is a hard nugget of self, a… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
You want to make money, remake 'Cinderella.' You want to move people, remake the Hippolytus and Phaedra myth. — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so caught in the myths… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
We thought everybody knew by now that barrel length has almost nothing to do with accuracy. I believe the myth of the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we're… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
rummaging in the storehouses of religious or literary history for myth-matter for ideational uses is of the nature of spiritual vulgarity. — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
There is no sex without a cue. People who date have their cues at home, before they meet. You think about where… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
“This century will be called Darwin 's century. He was one of the greatest men who ever touched this globe. He has… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Long-term success is never achieved on our own. The phrase 'a self-made man' is a myth all along the way we need… — Isadore Sharp Copy Share Image
That, of course, was the thing about the fifties with all their patina of familial bliss: A lot of the memories were… — Anne Taylor Fleming Copy Share Image
The myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Myths remind us of the symbolic presence within all the lost-and-found adventures that alone can give life meaning. Losing touch with the… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
Today, we know that time travel need not be confined to myths, science fiction, Hollywood movies, or even speculation by theoretical physicists.… — Clifford A. Pickover Copy Share Image
I tend to view the superstitions or fragments of myth as triggers for lyric inquiry. I also find I think of this… — Anna Journey Copy Share Image
The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The key is always the actual art itself, the actual music. There are all these myths out here that like, if you… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
