Mythology Quotes · Page 9

Even as a kid, I don't think I bought into a lot of the mythology about Canada.

— Gord Downie

'Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies.

— Neil Gaiman

“He threw the knife at Karian’s face, deliberately catching his temple. “Sons of Kings shouldn’t play with sharp toys.”

— Tracey-anne McCartney

The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.

— Jonathan Edwards

“If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.”

— Priya Ardis

“Do I look like I want to be involved in your teen love saga? Ask someone who cares.”

— Priya Ardis

II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.

— Mads Mikkelsen

“Your Life Determines Your Journey & Your Journey Determines Your Life”

— Charleston Parker

“I dropped my dress to the floor and sat on the sofa with renewed determination. This man was going to have sex…

— Denise Grover Swank

I've come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a…

— George Lucas

Plays are just all sort of playful asides, and there's a great deal of reference here to Greek mythology, plays, and dramas.…

— Lauren Groff

“Nessie cackles, tossing back her head of matted brunette locks, wildly beautiful even in a state of disarray. "Thought ye could get…

— K.V. Wilson

The way superheroes dominate the fictional landscape now, along with dystopian futures and zombies. Yeah, definitely - I think these stories function…

— Adam Frank

[This kind of strange mythology about me.] I've pulled a huge steamboat over a mountain; I've done a feature film with all…

— Werner Herzog

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

“I am caught. You caught me. Not the other way around. From the very first day. And from the very first day,…

— Amanda Bouchet

“Tell me something. Do you believe in God?' Snow darted an apprehensive glance in my direction. 'What? Who still believes nowadays?' 'It…

— Stanisław Lem

“We fell in love with that little peep-show projection on the inside of an iris, pictures that amount to nothing more than…

— James Curcio

I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was…

— Wynton Marsalis

One of our people in the Native community said the difference between white people and Indians is that Indian people know they…

— Winona LaDuke

FlashForward' is definitely not a sci-fi show. It doesn't have the mythology of 'Lost.' We have one major event that happens that…

— Sonya Walger

“A woman has her Juno, just as a man has his Genius; they are names for the sacred power, the divine spark…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I would never call myself a cancer survivor because I think it devalues those who do not survive. There's this whole mythology…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Up until 1986, the top marginal rate, the top statutory rate was 50 percent. Now it's 35 percent. And all the pressure…

— Bruce Bartlett

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing them.”

— Anonymous

“The Dreaming is always; forever... it's always happening, and us mob, we're part of it, all the time, everywhere, and every-when too.”

— Kate Constable

“the dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.”

— Virgil

“This coming from the god who zinged Guinevere and Lancelot while King Arthur was away slaying dragons.”

— Tai Odunsi

Writers cannot let themselves be servants of the official mythology. They have to, whatever the cost, say what truth they have to…

— Tobias Wolff

“My name is Arianna Morganna Brittany DuLac--you can imagine why I went by the name Ryan.”

— Priya Ardis

“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

I think people should read fairy tales, because were hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.

— Sandra Cisneros

That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop its mythology: America's Team, The Catch, The Frozen Tundra.

— Steve Sabol

“The belief that myths are somehow less true than the symbolic dream we call 'reality' may be the greatest myth of all.”

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

Mythology is often defined as 'other peoples' religions', religion can be thought of as misinterpreted mythology.

— Joseph Campbell

“Find the Seventh Sister, And the girl shall be, Your spiritual guardian, For eternity.”

— Andrew J. Peters

We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.

— Jimmy Carter

“My death granted immortality. With one look, I knew he’d be my undoing…” Forgotten, book #1 of the Fate Trilogy”

— Anonymous

We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology.

— Carl Jung