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title: "Top Myth Wisdom"
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> [Once upon a time . . .” “In the beginning was . . .” That’s the way it always starts off. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-tyler/once-upon-a-time-in-the-beginning-was-that-s-the-way-it-always-starts/)

[Steven Tyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-tyler/)

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> [I think that critiquing the myths of our society and helping people find their way through them is a very important thing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-keen/i-think-that-critiquing-the-myths-of-our-society-and-helping-people/)

[Sam Keen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-keen/)

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> [“This is why myth is experienced as innocent speech: not because its intentions are hidden—if they were hidden, they could not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-barthes/this-is-why-myth-is-experienced-as-innocent-speech-not-because-its/)

[Roland Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-barthes/)

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> [“This is the time of myths, Orphan. They are the cables that run under the floors and power the world, the conduits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavie-tidhar/this-is-the-time-of-myths-orphan-they-are-the-cables-that-run-under/)

[Lavie Tidhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavie-tidhar/)

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> [The superabundance alludes to the myth that is ensuring our demise but it's also the space around and possibly the void that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-o-sullivan/the-superabundance-alludes-to-the-myth-that-is-ensuring-our-demise/)

[Daniel O'Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-o-sullivan/)

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> [Let us embrace Science and the new technologies unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the myth of god,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-vorilhon/let-us-embrace-science-and-the-new-technologies-unfettered-for-it-is/)

[Claude Vorilhon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-vorilhon/)

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> [Old texts, myths, and religions have always fascinated me, though I prefer learning about them to writing papers and trying to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shields/old-texts-myths-and-religions-have-always-fascinated-me-though-i/)

Tom Shields

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> [Architecture is not created by individuals. The genius sketch ... is a myth. Architecture is made by a team of committed people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-prince-ramus/architecture-is-not-created-by-individuals-the-genius-sketch-is-a/)

[Joshua Prince-Ramus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-prince-ramus/)

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> [One of my favorite things that Yahoo does on a regular basis is this story: "Wealthiest Rap Artists." That's an example of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/one-of-my-favorite-things-that-yahoo-does-on-a-regular-basis-is-this/)

[DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/)

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> [Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/somebody-said-to-me-but-the-beatles-were-anti-materialistic-that-s-a/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

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> [My child, you have a flawed grasp of the nature of myth-making. I am a poet and storyteller, a creator of ballads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-hardinge/my-child-you-have-a-flawed-grasp-of-the-nature-of-myth-making-i-am-a/)

[Frances Hardinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-hardinge/)

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> [It is a myth that man in his natural state is genuinely seeking God. Men do seek God. But they do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/it-is-a-myth-that-man-in-his-natural-state-is-genuinely-seeking-god/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [I had to really kill off all the religious myths. In the therapy you really feel every painful moment of your life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-had-to-really-kill-off-all-the-religious-myths-in-the-therapy-you/)

[John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/)

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> [You know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/you-know-i-didn-t-write-my-books-for-critics-and-scholars-i-wrote/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

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> [Jesus Christ is the most famous Jew of all time, but is today remembered as a Christian. Surprisingly, the Jewish community has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shmuley-boteach/jesus-christ-is-the-most-famous-jew-of-all-time-but-is-today/)

[Shmuley Boteach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shmuley-boteach/)

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> [“Fantasy elevates ordinary and eternal problems of young people into stories via the language of myth. It turns “No one really knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-bow/fantasy-elevates-ordinary-and-eternal-problems-of-young-people-into/)

[Erin Bow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-bow/)

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> [There used to be a time when the idea of heroes was important. People grew up sharing those myths and legends and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/there-used-to-be-a-time-when-the-idea-of-heroes-was-important-people/)

[Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/)

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> [“Every culture has its version. It's universal. One of the things that is most fascinating about studying mythology is how so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/every-culture-has-its-version-it-s-universal-one-of-the-things-that/)

[M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/)

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> [The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-bible-should-be-taught-but-emphatically-not-as-reality-it-is/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [The idea that trials are a search for the truth is just a myth. Trials are a search for that which the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rosenfelt/the-idea-that-trials-are-a-search-for-the-truth-is-just-a-myth-trials/)

[David Rosenfelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rosenfelt/)

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> [ I just wish this social institution \[religion\] wasnt based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-just-wish-this-social-institution-religion-wasnt-based-on-what/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

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> [Nothing endures unless it has first been transposed into a myth, and the great advantage of myths is that they are ladies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/nothing-endures-unless-it-has-first-been-transposed-into-a-myth-and/)

[Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/)

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> [The idea that myth is the opposite of knowledge, or the opposite of truth, is simply to disallow it. It is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/the-idea-that-myth-is-the-opposite-of-knowledge-or-the-opposite-of/)

[Marilynne Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilynne-robinson/)

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> [If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rothko/if-our-titles-recall-the-known-myths-of-antiquity-we-have-used-them/)

[Mark Rothko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rothko/)

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> [Legends have always played a powerful role in the making of history. ... Without ever relating facts reliably, yet always expressing their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-arendt/legends-have-always-played-a-powerful-role-in-the-making-of-history/)

[Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-arendt/)

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> [Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous… Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/vulnerability-is-not-weakness-and-that-myth-is-profoundly-dangerous/)

[Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fiennes/i-like-the-fact-that-we-re-stripping-the-icons-away-they-re-the/)

[Joseph Fiennes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-fiennes/)

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> [One of the pillars of backward thinking in America is the idea that you can have jobs or you can have clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/one-of-the-pillars-of-backward-thinking-in-america-is-the-idea-that/)

[Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/)

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> [To me, 'Unforgiven' is one of the best films ever made. Aside from the fact it takes the genre and kicks it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-sheridan/to-me-unforgiven-is-one-of-the-best-films-ever-made-aside-from-the/)

[Taylor Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-sheridan/)

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> [I wanted to think about our creation myth; you know, what is the fundamental story that defines America. And it certainly is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/i-wanted-to-think-about-our-creation-myth-you-know-what-is-the/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

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> [In any open question, we should argue from what we do know to what we do not know. We do know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-barker/in-any-open-question-we-should-argue-from-what-we-do-know-to-what-we/)

[Dan Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-barker/)

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> [I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/i-think-the-more-you-understand-myths-the-more-you-understand-the/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [Ixion exists as an antidote to the rules and conventions of other places. We believe that indulging in pleasure will make better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-de-pierres/ixion-exists-as-an-antidote-to-the-rules-and-conventions-of-other/)

[Marianne de Pierres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-de-pierres/)

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> [For me, there was no great myth around the movies when I was a young child. My father was very simple about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/for-me-there-was-no-great-myth-around-the-movies-when-i-was-a-young/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

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> [In practice, US officials seem to know better than to indulge in the patriotic myth that our constitution is the greatest system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-yglesias/in-practice-us-officials-seem-to-know-better-than-to-indulge-in-the/)

[Matthew Yglesias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-yglesias/)

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> [Rooted in the mythology of all primitive races is the belief in a land of peace and happiness, a sort of earthly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-a-guerber/rooted-in-the-mythology-of-all-primitive-races-is-the-belief-in-a/)

H. A. Guerber

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> ["And they lived happily ever after" is one of the most tragic sentences in literature. It's tragic because it's falsehood. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-l-liebman/and-they-lived-happily-ever-after-is-one-of-the-most-tragic-sentences/)

[Joshua L. Liebman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-l-liebman/)

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> [People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense-words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions-words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/people-think-boundaries-and-borders-build-nations-nonsense-words-do/)

[Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/)

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> [Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with the invention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-popper/thus-science-must-begin-with-myths-and-with-the-criticism-of-myths/)

[Karl Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-popper/)

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> [YOU YOU YOU your eyes, thick as a high school scrapbook crackling and yellow, curling at the edges a book of myths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-catalyst/you-you-you-your-eyes-thick-as-a-high-school-scrapbook-crackling-and/)

[Clint Catalyst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-catalyst/)

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## Top authors on Myth

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-campbell-53286.jpg) Joseph Campbell 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/joseph-campbell/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karen-armstrong-55066.jpg) Karen Armstrong 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/karen-armstrong/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rollo-may-80838.jpg) Rollo May 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/rollo-may/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-ursula-k-le-guin-92948.jpg) Ursula K. Le Guin 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/ursula-k-le-guin/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-northrop-frye-72036.jpg) Northrop Frye 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/northrop-frye/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-fred-korematsu-36054.jpg) Helen Morales 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/helen-morales/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/rick-riordan/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/richard-dawkins/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michael-shermer-67448.jpg) Michael Shermer 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/michael-shermer/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-margaret-atwood-63354.jpg) Margaret Atwood 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/myth/margaret-atwood/)

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                        "text": "Old texts, myths, and religions have always fascinated me, though I prefer learning about them to writing papers and trying to make thoughts and arguments regarding their effect or meaning - this being the essence of my time in religious studies.",
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                        "text": "Architecture is not created by individuals. The genius sketch ... is a myth. Architecture is made by a team of committed people who work together, and in fact, success usually has more to do with dumb determination than with genius.",
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                        "text": "One of my favorite things that Yahoo does on a regular basis is this story: \"Wealthiest Rap Artists.\" That's an example of the internet just perpetuating this myth that we're all just sitting around in these mansions like Steven Tyler, bopping around in our swimming pool. It's bullshit.",
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                        "text": "Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.' Paul McCartney I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.",
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                        "text": "My child, you have a flawed grasp of the nature of myth-making. I am a poet and storyteller, a creator of ballads and sagas. Pray do not confuse the exercise of the imagination with mere mendacity. I am a master of the mysteries of words, their meanings and music and mellifluous magic.",
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                        "text": "It is a myth that man in his natural state is genuinely seeking God. Men do seek God. But they do not seek him for who he is. They seek him in a pinch as one who might preserve them from death or enhance their worldly enjoyments. Apart from conversion, no one comes to the light of God.",
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                        "text": "I had to really kill off all the religious myths. In the therapy you really feel every painful moment of your life - it's excruciating, you are forced to realise that your pain, the kind that makes you wake up afraid with your heart pounding, is really yours and not the result of somebody up in the sky. It's the result of your parents and your environment.",
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                        "text": "You know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how much my work has meant to them--well, I can't tell you how happy that makes me. That means that this great stuff of myth, which I have been so privileged to work with, will be kept alive for a whole new generation. That's the function of the artists, you know, to reinterpret the old stories and make them come alive again, in poetry, painting, and now in movies.",
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                        "text": "Jesus Christ is the most famous Jew of all time, but is today remembered as a Christian. Surprisingly, the Jewish community has accepted this distortion of history, and tends to regard Jesus as an apostate. How odd that the Jews would accept a Christian version of one of their brethren rather than seeking to discover the man entombed beneath the myth.",
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                        "text": "“Fantasy elevates ordinary and eternal problems of young people into stories via the language of myth. It turns “No one really knows me” into “I’ve got a secret identity.” It turns “I don’t understand why other people act the way they do” into “I’m trapped in a faerie realm.” It turns “my high school must have been built over the mouth of hell” into “my high school must have been built over the mouth of hell.” There are certain things in life that are glorious, and they are glorious for everyone. There are more that are hard, and they are hard for everyone. We like to see these things retold, but with dragons.”",
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