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title: "Top Myth Proverbs"
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> [I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/i-look-at-the-story-i-look-at-the-idea-and-just-try-to-think-of-it-in/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

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> [Anthropologists have promulgated the myth of the peaceful savage so effectively that when actual deaths by war are tabulated for prestate simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-demause/anthropologists-have-promulgated-the-myth-of-the-peaceful-savage-so/)

[Lloyd deMause](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-demause/)

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> [I cannot live on myths; somehow, science convinces me more easily. I am prone to lean towards science, ethics, and philosophy rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamal-haasan/i-cannot-live-on-myths-somehow-science-convinces-me-more-easily-i-am/)

[Kamal Haasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamal-haasan/)

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> [Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory as a part of the true religion, nor was it supposed that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-robertson-smith/belief-in-a-certain-series-of-myths-was-neither-obligatory-as-a-part/)

[William Robertson Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-robertson-smith/)

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> [There is an unknown room in the soul that is constantly turning the stuff of daydreams into myths for us, helping us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-cousineau/there-is-an-unknown-room-in-the-soul-that-is-constantly-turning-the/)

[Phil Cousineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-cousineau/)

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> [The dogma of Christianity gets worn away before the advances of science. Religion will have to make more and more concessions. Gradually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-dogma-of-christianity-gets-worn-away-before-the-advances-of/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [Sometimes you pick up on the myth and it's just an accident. I think it comes naturally out of people, and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brie-larson/sometimes-you-pick-up-on-the-myth-and-it-s-just-an-accident-i-think/)

[Brie Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brie-larson/)

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> [I never pulled a loaded pistol on anybody, but it got around that I did. It got turned into lore. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/i-never-pulled-a-loaded-pistol-on-anybody-but-it-got-around-that-i/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

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> [The psyche is the inward experience of the human body, which is essentially the same in all human beings, with the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-psyche-is-the-inward-experience-of-the-human-body-which-is/)

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

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> [“Up till now it has been thought that the growth of the Christian myths during the Roman Empire was possible only because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/up-till-now-it-has-been-thought-that-the-growth-of-the-christian/)

[Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/)

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> [Some writers may toy with the fancy of a ‘Christ-myth,’ but they do not do so on the ground of historical evidence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-f-bruce/some-writers-may-toy-with-the-fancy-of-a-christ-myth-but-they-do-not/)

[F. F. Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-f-bruce/)

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> [Since religion intrinsically rejects empirical methods, there should never be any attempt to reconcile scientific theories with religion. \[An infinitely old universe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannes-alfven/since-religion-intrinsically-rejects-empirical-methods-there-should/)

[Hannes Alfven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannes-alfven/)

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> [Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/our-christian-destiny-is-in-fact-a-great-one-but-we-cannot-achieve/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [One of the most insidious myths in American wine culture is that a wine is good if you like it. Liking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-macneil/one-of-the-most-insidious-myths-in-american-wine-culture-is-that-a/)

[Karen MacNeil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-macneil/)

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> [Symbols are specific acts or figures, while myths develop and elaborate these symbols into a story which contains characters and several episodes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rollo-may/symbols-are-specific-acts-or-figures-while-myths-develop-and/)

[Rollo May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rollo-may/)

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> [It meant that Diana had not waited for any explanation, however halting and imperfect, but had condemned him unheard; and this showed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/it-meant-that-diana-had-not-waited-for-any-explanation-however/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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> [Why is there this myth? People say, 'Oh, you are a style icon. You're 'French, French, French.' It's not true, you know;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-damas/why-is-there-this-myth-people-say-oh-you-are-a-style-icon-you-re/)

[Jeanne Damas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-damas/)

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> [I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/i-don-t-think-that-people-accept-the-fact-that-life-doesn-t-make-2/)

[David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/)

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> [Essentially, mythologies are enormous poems that are renditions of insights, giving some sense of the marvel, the miracle and wonder of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/essentially-mythologies-are-enormous-poems-that-are-renditions-of/)

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

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> [The whole of government needs to contribute to the shared goal of restructuring the British economy. But that means taking on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/the-whole-of-government-needs-to-contribute-to-the-shared-goal-of/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

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> [“We have looked for myths that include us in great novels, music, the latest comic book, or even some stupid advertising campaign.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/we-have-looked-for-myths-that-include-us-in-great-novels-music-the/)

[Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/)

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> [Sick in my soul I tried to face the ordeal of seeking forgiveness. From whom? What God, what Christ? They were myths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/sick-in-my-soul-i-tried-to-face-the-ordeal-of-seeking-forgiveness/)

[John Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fante/)

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> [If we trace the history of any nation backwards into the past, we come at last to a period of myths and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bal-gangadhar-tilak/if-we-trace-the-history-of-any-nation-backwards-into-the-past-we-come/)

[Bal Gangadhar Tilak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bal-gangadhar-tilak/)

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> [“Was the whole matter of aptitudes a myth – a copout used by people like me to avoid subjects that would force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/was-the-whole-matter-of-aptitudes-a-myth-a-copout-used-by-people-like/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

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> [Whenever science attempts to legitimate itself, it is no longer scientific but narrative, appealing to an orienting myth that is not susceptible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/whenever-science-attempts-to-legitimate-itself-it-is-no-longer/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It’s a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It’s the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/it-s-a-strange-myth-that-atheists-have-nothing-to-live-for-it-s-the/)

[Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/)

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> [I have tried to write stories that go into the underworld of myth and bring out life and fire — where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/i-have-tried-to-write-stories-that-go-into-the-underworld-of-myth-and/)

[Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/)

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> [The "October Revolution" is a myth generated by the winners, the Bolsheviks, and swallowed whole by progressive circles in the West.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/the-october-revolution-is-a-myth-generated-by-the-winners-the/)

[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/)

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> [My mission was always intended to be slightly outside the public eye, because that makes me appear more interesting than I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-cope/my-mission-was-always-intended-to-be-slightly-outside-the-public-eye/)

[Julian Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-cope/)

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> [All the superhero stuff is Greek myths and Greek gods, wearing tights and capes. That's what they are. That's what I gravitate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-leterrier/all-the-superhero-stuff-is-greek-myths-and-greek-gods-wearing-tights/)

[Louis Leterrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-leterrier/)

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> [The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-value-of-myth-is-that-it-takes-all-the-things-you-know-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-logical-man-must-either-deny-all-miracles-or-none-and-our/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“One of the greatest myths in the world - and the phrase 'greatest myths is just a fancy way of saying 'big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemony-snicket/one-of-the-greatest-myths-in-the-world-and-the-phrase-greatest-myths-2/)

[Lemony Snicket](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemony-snicket/)

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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/paul-mccartney/somebody-said-to-me-but-the-beatles-were-anti-materialistic-that-s-a-2/)

[Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/)

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> [And then he tells her stories. Myths he learned from his instructor. Fantasies he created himself, inspired by bits and pieces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/and-then-he-tells-her-stories-myths-he-learned-from-his-instructor/)

[Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/)

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> [According to Eliade, the shamanic ladder is the earliest version of the idea of an axis of the world, which connects the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-narby/according-to-eliade-the-shamanic-ladder-is-the-earliest-version-of/)

[Jeremy Narby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-narby/)

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> [I tend to view the superstitions or fragments of myth as triggers for lyric inquiry. I also find I think of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-journey/i-tend-to-view-the-superstitions-or-fragments-of-myth-as-triggers-for/)

[Anna Journey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-journey/)

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> [Out of necessity, one needs to occasionally consume, but I'm a little concerned that there's a little bit of a myth arising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-giller/out-of-necessity-one-needs-to-occasionally-consume-but-i-m-a-little/)

[Chip Giller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-giller/)

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> [Now that Ronald Reagan's place in history is secure, liberals are trying to remake him. A pernicious myth is that Reagan and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-shirley/now-that-ronald-reagan-s-place-in-history-is-secure-liberals-are/)

[Craig Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-shirley/)

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> [The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/the-ugly-duckling-is-a-misunderstood-universal-myth-it-s-not-about/)

[Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/)

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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/)
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- [ ![](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/)
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- [ ![](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": "“Up till now it has been thought that the growth of the Christian myths during the Roman Empire was possible only because printing was not yet invented. Precisely the contrary. The daily press and the telegraph, which in a moment spreads inventions over the whole earth, fabricate more myths (and the bourgeois cattle believe and enlarge upon them) in one day than could have formerly been done in a century.”",
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                        "text": "Some writers may toy with the fancy of a ‘Christ-myth,’ but they do not do so on the ground of historical evidence. The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar. It is not historians who propagate the ‘Christ-myth’ theories.",
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                        "text": "Since religion intrinsically rejects empirical methods, there should never be any attempt to reconcile scientific theories with religion. [An infinitely old universe, always evolving may not be compatible with the Book of Genesis. However, religions such as Buddhism get along without having any explicit creation mythology and are in no way contradicted by a universe without a beginning or end.] Creatio ex nihilo, even as religious doctrine, only dates to around AD 200. The key is not to confuse myth and empirical results, or religion and science.",
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                        "text": "Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. For our own idea of greatness is illusory, and if we pay too much attention to it we will be lured out of the peace and stability of the being God gave us, and seek to live in a myth we have created for ourselves. And when we are truly ourselves we lose most of the futile self-consciousness that keeps us constantly comparing ourselves with others in order to see how big we are.",
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