Answers Quote by Bill Maher

Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them.

— Edith Hamilton

One can discern a few very general myths that facilitate the birth of further myths: that everything is possible; that whatever we have failed…

— Mario Bunge

I think that obviously humans find it very difficult to believe that there is no there there. So they created these stories and myths…

— Sally Quinn

“If these out-of date beliefs are to be called myths, then myths can be produced by the same sorts of methods and held for…

— Thomas S. Kuhn

We hunger to understand, so we invent myths about how we imagine the world is constructed - and they're, of course, based upon what…

— Carl Sagan

Men do not invent Myths. They only invent fables, and tell lies. True Myths create themselves, and find their expression in the men who…

— Denis Johnston

“unlike, say, the sun, or the rainbow, or earthquakes, the fascinating world of the very small never came to the notice of primitive peoples.…

— Richard Dawkins

“It is one thing for modern educated people to feel they must believe these old stories as factual when science proves otherwise. It is…

— Robert M. Price

Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us, most of…

— Michael Shermer

“Myths may not satisfy the demands of rationality or science, but they contain profound wisdom - provided one believes they do and is willing…

— Devdutt Pattanaik

There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.

— Philipp Meyer

Myths are, in fact...neither primitive nor untrue. They are, rather, a kind of poetry that helps us make sense of the world and our…

— Stephen H. Furrer