All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
What's most remarkable about the conservative activists who promote a small, hysterical group of conspiracy theorists claiming a Muslim theocracy is the… — Sarah Posner Copy Share Image
“Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable.” — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young. — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
In this age of vampires, what I love about 'True Blood' the most is that it's a post-modern take on it. 'Sookie… — Michelle Forbes Copy Share Image
“The Christian theory is little else than the idolatry of the ancient mythologists, accommodated to the purposes of power and revenue; and… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Persephone is just a name for a spirit of beauty at a certain time in history. I'm sure we could argue a… — Leanna Renee Hieber Copy Share Image
“You cannot know how frightened gods are of pain. There is nothing more foreign to them, and so nothing they ache more… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
A person may say I am not much concerned how long I stay in purgatory, provided I may come to eternal life.… — Caesarius of Arles Copy Share Image
“All of the great mythologies and much of the mythic story-telling of the world are from the male point of view. When… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“When you're meant to do something, life will have a way of giving you no option but follow the road you're meant… — Nely Cab Copy Share Image
“Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there.” — Joanne M. Harris Copy Share Image
At first I was glad for the help. My freshmen English class, "Mythology and Archetypal Experience," confounded me. I didn't understand why… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
“It must be understood that in some cases the process by which a god or goddess degenerates into a fairy may occupy… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is… — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
As every past generation has had to disenthrall itself from an inheritance of truisms and stereotypes, so in our own time we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Mythology, science and space exploration are subjects that have fascinated me since my early childhood. And they were always connected somehow with… — Vangelis Copy Share Image
NFL Films has had one continuous, creative vision for 47 years. These are timeless things; timeless stories that we capture just like… — Steve Sabol Copy Share Image
In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One cannot predict the next mythology any more than one can predict tonight's dream; for a mythology is not an ideology. It… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A lot of mythology arose after [Mahatma Gandhi] death. But the fact remains that he was an exceptional man, terribly intelligent, with… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t made for Griffin, and he wasn’t made for me. We were made for each other.” — Amanda Bouchet Copy Share Image