Legends Quotes

494 quotes by 387 authors

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real. — Charles Dudley Warner
Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the enduring… — John Howe
The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud. — Bernard Malamud
Legends of prediction are common throughout the whole Household of Man. Gods speak, spirits speak, computers speak. Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and… — Ursula K. Le Guin
His enemies said he [Robert Kennedy] was consumed with selfish ambition, a ruthless opportunist exploiting his brother's legend. But he was too passionate and too… — Jack Newfield
I don't think anything really consciously went into 'Legend' that was influenced by videogames, but I'm pretty sure some of my experiences and love for… — Marie Lu
You must constantly check that you are meditating properly, and not become, what Clint Eastwood refers to as, "a legend in your own mind." — Frederick Lenz
I followed someone who had very large shoes. He had very large shoes. Mr. J. R. D. Tata. He was a legend in the Indian… — Ratan Tata
I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends. They always go through the dark periods and I think just as… — Kristen Wiig
Though I know consciousness kind of boxes you in, it still encompasses the artists that I knew were conscious throughout history of music - they're… — Will Ferrell
Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations. — Criss Jami
There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. — Diane Arbus
There used to be a time when the idea of heroes was important. People grew up sharing those myths and legends and ideals. Now they… — Bob Dylan
I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Asleep in lap of legends old. — John Keats
There is a legend of an artist who long sought for a piece of sandalwood, out of which to carve a Madonna. He was about… — Orison Swett Marden
If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a… — Jack Canfield
The legends lie cradled in the seagulls call, and the promise they made are ground beneath the sadist's fall. — Jethro Tull
The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with the… — Henry Watson Fowler
Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers - including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame… — Joe Conason

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