Folklore Quotes

57 quotes by 44 authors

One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense of superiority in… — Fredrick Hatfield
Environmental policies are driven by a kind of emotional spiritualism that threatens the very foundation of our society. There is increasing evidence of a government-sponsored… — Helen Chenoweth-Hage
Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people.... We are a nation rich in rivers. — Charles Kuralt
There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science,… — Raymond Chandler
Folklore is artistic communication in small groups. — Dan Ben-Amos
Liverpool Football Club is the heartland of football folklore — Brendan Rodgers
I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative arts, folklore, advertising,… — Rene Magritte
Wickedly Dangerous translates a terrifying figure from folklore , the Baba Yaga, into the smart, resourceful, motorcycle-riding Barbara Yager, who travels with her dragon-disguised-as-a-dog best… — Alex Bledsoe
In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now… — Terri Windling
I developed some unique software to public it on the web that I call the Folklore Project. — Andy Hertzfeld
The careful scholarship of the dedicated amateur mycophile R. Gordon Wasson reads like an exciting scientific detective story. Moreover, his willingness to pursue the quest… — Weston La Barre
I wasn't into Tolkien at school really. But the story is timeless, the themes that it touches on are contained in cultures all around the… — Billy Boyd
I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national,… — Alan Dundes
In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are,… — Alan Dundes
If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness… — Christopher McDougall
What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past. — Terri Windling
Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a… — John Wayne
Carmen Jones was the first all-Negro film that became a great box-office success. It established the fact that pictures with Negro artists, pictures dealing with… — Harry Belafonte
There is scarce a cave, an isolated rock, a lone pine tree or a pile of stones without supporting folklore. — John Hillaby

Who Wrote These Folklore Quotes

44 authors contributed a total of 57 Folklore Quotes, led by these top contributors: