Legends Quotes

494 quotes by 400 authors

As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in… — Neil Armstrong
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
In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get… — Alan Ball
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
A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time. — Usain Bolt
If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal. — Usain Bolt
Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends. — A. S. Byatt
I've seen a lot of patriots and they all died just like anybody else if it hurt bad enough and once they were dead their… — Ernest Hemingway
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
Legends are not born - they are created. — Ricky Pierce
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

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