I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales that we were required to translate in… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
In the New Testament, myth stands over against the truth of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ...… — G. C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates. — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
Paul said in the second epistle...the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine...they will accumulate for themselves… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
(I am) dealing not with the particular anecdote, but rather with the Spirit of Myth, which is generic to all myths at… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good,… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
As a child I became a confirmed believer in the ancient gods simply because as between the reality of fact and the… — Kathleen Raine Copy Share Image
The myth that men are the economic providers and women, mainly, are mothers and care givers in the family has now been… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is a myth willfully fostered and nourished by… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
“Heaven and hell are within us, and all the gods are within us. This is the great realization of the Upanishads of… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Let me tell you about those convents. All that crap about extending the pinkie finger while sipping tea is a myth. Convent… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
Another myth we fed to the public through the media was that legalizing abortion would only mean that the abortions taking place… — Bernard Nathanson Copy Share Image
Literature is conscious mythology: as society develops, its mythical stories become structural principles of story-telling, its mythical concepts, sun-gods and the like,… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Often their rage erupts because they believe that all ways of looking that highlight difference subvert the liberal belief in a universal… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“The communist world, it may be noted, has one big myth (which we call an illusion, in the vain hope that our… — Carl Gustav Jung Copy Share Image
Maybe that whole love thing is just a grown-up version of Santa Claus; just a myth we've been fed since childhood. So,… — Meg Ryan Copy Share Image
Myths, legends and stories are the signposts previous generations have left us so we don't have to figure out our own personal… — Fred Van Lente Copy Share Image
The rationalist mind has always had its doubts about Venice. The watery city receives a dry inspection, as though it were a… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
Myths are the world's dreams. They are archetypal dreams and deal with great human problems. Myths and dreams come from the same… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth,… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Black racism is a myth created by whites to ease their guilt feelings. As long as whites can be assured that blacks… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
I had incorrectly, for all of my adult life until 2008, believed the biggest voting myth that exists - that ex-felons cannot vote. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Without doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for… — Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel Copy Share Image
Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in debunking myths if they are untrue. But it's also important to identify myths and how they function, what… — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
In order for the oppressed to unite they must first cut the umbilical cord of magic and myth which binds them to… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
When I read about myself in the media, even I don't recognize me. The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting… — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
I hate to debunk the myth - kids don't wanna hear it - but as songwriters, you have to polish your craft… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
“In mythic terms, the earth is a place of mystery and wonder where life always hangs by a thread and all the… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
I think of a myth as a story that helps you explain all the different pieces of your life. In that broad… — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
I would say that Juventus is a myth not only in Italy, because it's the most loved team in Italy, but also… — Lapo Elkann Copy Share Image
When you’re living in the moment, you’re living in the moment; whatever that moment is, that’s your reality. Everything else is a… — Steven Heller Copy Share Image
In the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our songs, we celebrate the nonbelongers, the different ones, the… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Although they like to call themselves journalists, that's a myth even they don't really believe anymore. They're mutts on short leashes. — Jon Rappoport Copy Share Image
Ever since childhood, I've been interested in history and myth. Not just the facts and figures of the past, but everything that… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
It's a myth that you need to understand all the ins and outs of music. The ideal scenario is you have a… — Henry Jackman Copy Share Image
I bought into the myth that you are not complete without romantic love, without a mate. And it can really distract you… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
