“Fact and myth are history’s bedfellows; it’s hard to wake one without disturbing the other.” — J.G. McKenney Copy Share Image
The poetic myths are dead; and the poetic image, which is the myth of the individual, reigns in their stead. — Cecil Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
“Reason. It is no more reliable a tool than instinct, myth or dream. But it has the potential to be far more… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
True myths, ancient and modern, stop time because they emerge from somewhere beyond time. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
The question is always the same with a dragon: will he talk with you or will he eat you? — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
No myth of miraculous creation is so marvelous as the face of man's evolution. — Robert Briffault Copy Share Image
“A religion deeply rooted in theology, is never above skepticism hinged upon the twin pillars; of reason & facts.” — Mamur Mustapha Copy Share Image
It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are… — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
Historical sense and poetic sense should not, in the end, be contradictory, for if poetry is the little myth we make, history… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
“A myth can be picked up by a whole society, believed and taught to the next generation. Gods, fairies, witches—believing a thing… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Everything and everybody is sooner or later identified, defined, and put in perspective. The truth as always is simultaneously better and worse… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Well, it's like that myth about the hero. He made wings out of wax so he could fly, but when he got… — Hiromu Arakawa Copy Share Image
“Here and here only in all time the myth must have become fact; the Word, flesh; God, Man. This is not 'a… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I don't have to live up to that Superwoman myth. I can cry and be human and lean on people who take… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
My mom is 60. She has been in the industry for over 30 years and till date, she auditions for movies. It's… — Sooraj Pancholi 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
The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
The Young Soldier It is not death Without hereafter To one in dearth Of life and its laughter, Nor the sweet murder… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
“enough people disagree with what Jesus is to prevent Him from...from manifesting, as such. And billions don't believe He existed at all.… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
He[Napoleon] had destroyed only one thing: the Jacobin Revolution, the dream of equality, liberty and fraternity, and of the people rising in… — Eric Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
Religions, of course, have their own demanding intellectual traditions, as Jesuits and Talmudic scholars might attest… But, in its less rigorous, popular… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
“We know that there are many animals on this continent not found in the Old World. These must have been carried from… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
How did you learn all this?" Vic sighed. "See, while you spend all your time making out with Balthazar, and Raquel stays… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
“The function of ritual and myth is to make possible, and then to facilitate, the jump—by analogy. Forms and conceptions that the… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Orpheus myth is my favorite myth, and the prodigal son is my favorite parable. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Most people are surprised to find out that the myth of the crowded little island is just that - a myth. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Every culture has their myths that people are aware of and share. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them. — Karen O Copy Share Image
“Oh, man,' Azdra'ik said. 'This is what our eldest saw. This is what our legends say. Who could know, but us?” — C.J. Cherryh Copy Share Image
There are plenty of myths out there that are either really expensive to do or incredibly difficult or complicated to execute. — Grant Imahara Copy Share Image
We have got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Alongside the mythos of the eternal free soul stands the Myth, the religion of the blood. — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The old days of screenwriting, and myths about screenwriting, are maybe over. It's a literary form, if you can wake up to… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
“it's a myth, you know; he doesn't have to draw blood for him to leave a scar.” — Angeli Cabal 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
The myth of the poor Jesus needs to be destroyed, because it's holding people back. — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image