As a kid, I was obsessed with myths and legends and the haunting beauty of gothic stories. — Nathan Parsons Copy Share Image
Contemporary man has rationalized the myths, but he has not been able to destroy them. — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time. — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career — Teri Garr Copy Share Image
“There is something waiting for us at the edge of the woods, and it is our fate to meet it.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“We give up our backs and allow religious myths to apply the rear naked choke to our minds.” — Cameron Conaway Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
“Men are like busses. I mean, you wait for ages and ages, and when one does finally come along you can't get… — Eleanor Prescott Copy Share Image
“Some things die after they born, others born after they die. myths are public dreams, dreams are privet myths...” — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
One of the myths you see in entrepreneurship is that people have this dream one night, wake up the next morning, and… — John Collison Copy Share Image
“For most of human history, myths have survived through changing times because they did not demand to be seen as a literal… — Jonah Sachs Copy Share Image
It's amazing how much misinformation there is about pregnancy and how many myths are still ingrained into our culture. — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
Does progress mean that we dissolve our ancient myths? If we forget our legends, I fear that we shall close an important… — James Christensen Copy Share Image
I think of evolution as a myth, like the Norse myths, the Greek myths - anybody's myths. But it was created for… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
With each film, I get more and more involved and it's more and more time-consuming. Also, I like to break myths and… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
We have to make myths of our lives, the point being that if we do, then every grief or inexplicable seizure by… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“And why does Father want me out there? You do know it’s a myth what they say about virgin sacrifices and dragons,… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
For many people, Timbuktu has long represented the essence of remoteness: a mythical, faraway place located on the boundaries of our collective… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
Today, we're still loaded down - and, to some extent, embarrassed - by ancient myths, but we respect them as part of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Q: What's the biggest myth about writing? A: That there's any wildness attached to it. Writing tends to be very deliberate." [… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most… — Hypatia Copy Share Image
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“When it comes to the Civil War, all of our popular understanding, our popular history and culture, our great films, the subtext… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
For centuries before Google, MIT, and IDEO, modern hotbeds of innovation, we struggled to explain any kind of creation, from the universe… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
“Because at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter whether the story’s true or not. What matters is the care that’s… — Rachel Cohn & David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Professor Smith has kindly submitted his book to me before publication. After reading it thoroughly and with intense interest I am glad… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the native literatures of North America there aren't any novels. Instead, the major genre is myth. And myths are stories that… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
D.H. Lawrence says that myths are "inexhaustible" because they are symbols of heart mysteries. That is, they can't be exhausted - they… — Gregory Orr Copy Share Image
“Her sister Lea had an ancient book of myths and legends, and there was all kinds of info in there - of… — Bethany Lovell Copy Share Image
“For man seems to be unable to live without myth, without the belief that the routine and drudgery, the pain and fear… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Historically speaking all - or very nearly all - scientific theories originate from myths. — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Every culture has their myths that people are aware of and share. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I'm extremely into Greek Mythology and know almost everything about the classic Greek myths. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
