Legend Quotes

416 quotes by 336 authors

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. — Francis Bacon
The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now seem comically wrong to a… — Russell Baker
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. — James A. Baldwin
Legend remains victorious in spite of history. — Sarah Bernhardt
People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend. — Usain Bolt
If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal. — Usain Bolt
Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that… — James A. Baldwin
Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to… — William Croswell Doane
Then, accepting the help of God and of God's signs, he allows his personal legend to guide him toward the tasks that life has reserved… — Paulo Coelho
Great genetics are not necessarily a precursor for success in the game. Brazilian Legend PelÃ© has often said that soccer stars are not born. Without… — Pele
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, then that this universall Frame, is without a Minde.… — Francis Bacon
People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child. — Lorna Luft
Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise… — Hans Arp
Hear it when i get biz for K-Von, I'm pledgin, died, on 104 Northern Boulevard corona queens legend — Kool G Rap
According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until… — Grazia Deledda
...the history of early-medieval Arabia is nearly all legend. Like Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and other founders of patriarchal religions, Mohammed lacks real verification. There is… — Barbara G. Walker
I happen to be a three-time former WWF Champion and a hardcore legend, and I never had my own dressing room. — Mick Foley
The order of ... successive generations is indeed much more clearly proved than many a legend which has assumed the character of history in the… — Roderick Murchison
Sometimes Christian apologists say there are only three options to who Jesus was: a liar, a lunatic or the Lord. But there could be a… — Bart D. Ehrman
The Jews invented the legend of the Nazi atrocities... Anyone who reads the Koran and the holy writings of the monotheistic religions sees what they… — Hassan Nasrallah

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