North Korea is not an exception. Even there, where you think it would be completely sober, they have the myth of their… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
The man armed with knowledge has a better chance of survival than the man who is simply the fittest. Knowledge is the… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I don't say that I'm an atheist. I don't like that term, because I think it mirrors the certitude of religion. I… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The myth of this world is that the way to transformation is through power, but God choose to enter the world in… — Rick Dees Copy Share Image
Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
I myself, at one time, wanted to be like the explorers of the Himalayas that I used to read about; people intoxicated… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Myths and science fulfill a similar function: they both provide human beings with a representation of the world and of the forces… — Francois Jacob 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
The psyche is the inward experience of the human body, which is essentially the same in all human beings, with the same… — Joseph Campbell 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
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I've had five grandparents who have had Alzheimer's. I've been involved in raising money for two decades, so I thought, how could… — Jordan Banks Copy Share Image
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I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
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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… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
The American myth is of free will in its simple, primary sense. One can choose oneself and will oneself; and this absurdly… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Write for joy. It is the *only* reason to write. Whatever happens to your books afterward, just write for joy. Send your… — Welwyn Wilton Katz Copy Share Image
I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that people imagine, that… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
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The first myth to dispel is that Africa is not a country. It's made up of 53 different countries. So to say… — Euvin Naidoo Copy Share Image
I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
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Myths of the heroes are cosmic creation myths in microcosm. They depict, in no matter how subtle variation, the eternal battle we… — Dorothy Norman Copy Share Image
Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
The myth that holds that the great corporation is the puppet of the market, the powerless servant of the consumer, is, in… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We walk through so many myths of each other and ourselves; we are so thankful when someone sees us for who we… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
There is a myth that homosexuals are 'born that way,' and we are pounded with this idea so thoroughly that many people… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I was initially planning to write about grief in terms of Eurydice and the myth thereof. By that point the overall metaphor… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
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It is hard for many people to give up the religion in which they were born; to admit that their fathers were… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
“Myth is the isthmus which connects the peninsular world of thought with that vast continent we really belong to. It is not,… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Science has rolled its war wagons over the crushed myths of so many religious beliefs. It has marshaled its mechanics to explain… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I'm as much a victim of the romantic myth of 'getting away' as anyone else. My head tells me it's myth, but… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of… — Barry Commoner Copy Share Image
To idolise a person means you don't get to know them, and the idea that you can become one is a myth,… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
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