In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“Classical mythology has been so influential upon Western culture that everyone who is alive to the art,culture,politics, and languages of today encounters… — Helen Morales Copy Share Image
I went to volcanoes where I knew that there was a lot of mythology around them; there was something like the creation… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
As a boy, I found myself drawn to Arthurian legends, and then to Celtic mythology, and then further east into the mysticism… — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
When we started in the early '60s, football had a little bit of a tradition. But, they didn't have a mythology. And… — Steve Sabol Copy Share Image
I love mythology, grew up loving it. I'm a middle kid, big family, that's the thing you did in the farm country.… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
God will not pity them, but “laugh at their calamity.” The blessed company in heaven shall rejoice in the execution of God's… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
I think young people really do care. They want to build their life on something that's solid and makes sense, that's rational,… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
“Izzi: Remember Moses Morales? Tom Verde: Who? Izzi: The Mayan guide I told you about. Tom Verde: From your trip. Izzi: Yeah.… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
“We are meaning-seeking creatures. Dogs, as far as we know, do not agonise about the canine condition, worry about the plight of… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Although it is tempting to imagine an ancient era innocent of biochemical weaponry, in fact this Pandora's box of horrors was opened… — Adrienne Mayor Copy Share Image
“Why has not England a great mythology? Our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The wedding is the chief ceremony of the middle-class mythology, and it functions as the official entrée of the spouses to their… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship. You become mature when… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“Sitting down on the stairs, Cheyenne watched Behr through the slats in the railing. She liked what she saw. Covered in a… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
I walk out into a nature such as the old prophets and poets Menu, Moses, Homer, Chaucer, walked in. You may name… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Hollywood's martyr-mythology leaves out the fact that the famed Hollywood Ten, for example, were in fact members of the Communist Party, which… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
I do notice that I spend a lot of all my time steeped in different forms of myth, such as English folk… — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
Military mythology has to pretend that real men are in the majority; cowards can never be allowed to feel that they might… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Yet the great “Why?” always at the center of the little “whats” and “hows” that makes religions into mythologies is often stronger… — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share Image
[I]n the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape. He is either on a horse or driving… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I wish, to be honest, that there were more myths about me. I wish I was more of a mythical person, and… — Lights Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in the mid-'50s, the Roaring Twenties were a huge part of the culture. There were a number… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
“I am caught. You caught me. Not the other way around. From the very first day. And from the very first day,… — Amanda Bouchet Copy Share Image
Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion. And religion may, in a sense, be understood as popular… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“There are different kinds of love you experience in life. Loving someone differently doesn't mean loving a person less than you love… — Nely Cab Copy Share Image
It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Nepal is a beautiful country with a lot of holy places. I also like the country because it's close to the Himalayas.… — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
“Tko npr. formulira govor o Bogu Abrahamovu, Izakovu i Jakovljevu tako da se u njemu više ne čuje Jobov uzdisaj i tužaljka… — Johann Baptist Metz Copy Share Image
“Battles like that ... They look like they come down to one person or one action in one big, flashy moment, but… — Kaitlin Bevis Copy Share Image
I've always loved the idea of mythologies linked to or underlying everyday life, like the kami gods of Shintoism, where every rock,… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
“Lifting his head, he whispered against her wet, throbbing lips, “Too much?” Wasn’t that sweet, Consider even. But oh, hell no. She… — Thea Harrison Copy Share Image
MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
Every so often, you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise… — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
“Rough palms cradled my face while my fingers gripped the pillow on either side of his. Lips, teeth, tongue, mingled together. I… — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
In India we have a readymade world of fantasy available in Indian mythology. And this is why we see such a surfeit… — Anita Nair Copy Share Image
It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says,… — Bono Copy Share Image