Once upon a time . . .” “In the beginning was . . .” That’s the way it always starts off. Every… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
I think that critiquing the myths of our society and helping people find their way through them is a very important thing.… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
“This is why myth is experienced as innocent speech: not because its intentions are hidden—if they were hidden, they could not be… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“This is the time of myths, Orphan. They are the cables that run under the floors and power the world, the conduits… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
The superabundance alludes to the myth that is ensuring our demise but it's also the space around and possibly the void that… — Daniel O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Let us embrace Science and the new technologies unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the myth of god,… — Claude Vorilhon Copy Share Image
Old texts, myths, and religions have always fascinated me, though I prefer learning about them to writing papers and trying to make… — Tom Shields Copy Share Image
Architecture is not created by individuals. The genius sketch ... is a myth. Architecture is made by a team of committed people… — Joshua Prince-Ramus Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things that Yahoo does on a regular basis is this story: "Wealthiest Rap Artists." That's an example of… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
My child, you have a flawed grasp of the nature of myth-making. I am a poet and storyteller, a creator of ballads… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
It is a myth that man in his natural state is genuinely seeking God. Men do seek God. But they do not… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I had to really kill off all the religious myths. In the therapy you really feel every painful moment of your life… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
You know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ is the most famous Jew of all time, but is today remembered as a Christian. Surprisingly, the Jewish community has… — Shmuley Boteach Copy Share Image
“Fantasy elevates ordinary and eternal problems of young people into stories via the language of myth. It turns “No one really knows… — Erin Bow Copy Share Image
There used to be a time when the idea of heroes was important. People grew up sharing those myths and legends and… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“Every culture has its version. It's universal. One of the things that is most fascinating about studying mythology is how so many… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The idea that trials are a search for the truth is just a myth. Trials are a search for that which the… — David Rosenfelt Copy Share Image
I just wish this social institution [religion] wasnt based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
Nothing endures unless it has first been transposed into a myth, and the great advantage of myths is that they are ladies… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
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
If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
Legends have always played a powerful role in the making of history. ... Without ever relating facts reliably, yet always expressing their… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous… Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I like the fact that we're stripping the icons away. They're the WikiLeaks for the age that we're revealing, with the transparency… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
One of the pillars of backward thinking in America is the idea that you can have jobs or you can have clean… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
To me, 'Unforgiven' is one of the best films ever made. Aside from the fact it takes the genre and kicks it… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
I wanted to think about our creation myth; you know, what is the fundamental story that defines America. And it certainly is… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
In any open question, we should argue from what we do know to what we do not know. We do know that… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate.… — Rick Riordan 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
For me, there was no great myth around the movies when I was a young child. My father was very simple about… — Jacques Audiard 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
Rooted in the mythology of all primitive races is the belief in a land of peace and happiness, a sort of earthly… — H. A. Guerber Copy Share Image
"And they lived happily ever after" is one of the most tragic sentences in literature. It's tragic because it's falsehood. It is… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense-words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions-words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with the invention… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
YOU YOU YOU your eyes, thick as a high school scrapbook crackling and yellow, curling at the edges a book of myths… — Clint Catalyst Copy Share Image
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