God is, to me, pretty much an idea. God is, to me, pretty much a myth created over time to deny the… — Seth Green Copy Share Image
I've never heard of a situation where, because somebody had a particular political belief, they didn't get a part. I think it's… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
In times of violence, personal predilections for niceties of colour and form seem irrelevant. All primitive expression (like the myths) reveals the… — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
'Love is a myth,' Grandfather Trout said. 'Like summer.' 'What?' 'In winter,' Grandfather Trout said, 'summer is a myth. A report, a… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
'Friend Monkey' is really my favorite of all my books because the Hindu myth on which it is based is my favorite… — P. L. Travers Copy Share Image
While the aesthetics of consumption (photographic or otherwise) requires a heroicized myth of the artist, the exemplary practice of the player-off codes… — Abigail Solomon-Godeau Copy Share Image
It's become like an urban myth. I don't know her. I don't know anybody she knows. I was standing there at the… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
“Ymir was a frost giant; he was evil from the first. While he slept, he began to sweat. A man and woman… — Kevin Crossley-Holland Copy Share Image
I like believing. I believe in all of these Irish myths, like leprechauns. Not the pot of gold, not the Lucky Charms… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering,… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Over thirty-plus years, a certain myth has grown up around the band. And the last thing I ever wanted to do was… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Not every legend is a myth, some are flesh and blood. Some legends walk among us, but they aren’t born, they’re built.… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
Everything is grounded in mystery. Everything is swimming, and the stable does not exist. Life is a series of guesses, and there… — Benjamin De Casseres Copy Share Image
What is fantastic for me is that the Romantic movement comes out as a counter balance to everything that has been accumulating… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“. Myth and superstition cannot compete with science on the platforms of reason and facts. But on the platform of fear mongering,… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
Myths that need clarification: "No matter how many times you see the Grand canyon, you are still emotionally moved to tears." False.… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
Don't fret, boy. I'm not so foolish as to ridicule the myths and legends of other people. For countless generations, people, no… — Nahoko Uehashi Copy Share Image
The myth of objectivity made nonfiction increasingly unread. In feature articles, we could be playful in the opening and clever in the… — Lee Gutkind 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
Mythologies, in other words, mythologies and religions are great poems and, when recognized as such, point infallibly through things and events to… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
One is forced to speak not of what is held in common between the cultures, but what is held in common between… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Well documented, the relationship of literature to myth in the Western world has undergone much change over the millennia, as first the… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
Christian Grey - he isn't a real person. He's a superhero. A myth. He's like Bigfoot! He's unbelievable. He's unattainable. There's no… — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
I think one of the myths is that people don't change. A lot of people believe that. Their spouse has been an… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Myths hook and bind the mind because at the same time they set the mind free: they explain the universe while allowing… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The only thing they [government] want is better data. But data doesn't tell people someone is well educated. It's a vicious circle.… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
There is actually a great book called Prima Donna by Rupert -Christiansen that deconstructs the myth. In fact, many of the women… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Through dreams a door is opened to mythology, since myths are of the nature of dreams, and that, as dreams arise from… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Congress has always had a soft spot for "experts" who tell members what they want to hear, whether it's supply-side economists declaring… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
What the myths say, is that you have to be the hero of your own life. You're the one who has to… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I think horror or science fiction is another way of telling a modern myth - it's like Ancient Greece; it's like kids… — Reg E. Cathey Copy Share Image
By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
“The "more" of Christianity is a myth; a deceitful illusion designed to keep you busy and running in circles, always seeking but… — D.R. Silva Copy Share Image
I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Myth is the system of basic metaphors, images, and stories that informs the perceptions, memories, and aspirations of a people; provides the… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
In my whole life, I've never vomited from seeing something disgusting. Does it really even happen, outside of movies and TV? I… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane,… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image