Legends Quotes

494 Legends quotes by 387 unique authors

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
There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or… — Stanley Clarke
I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars. — Adam Gopnik
A legend - now I am like a unicorn. — Jean Giraud
Growing up in England, I was constantly surrounded by the Arthurian legend. — Jamie Campbell Bower
For three years, between 16 and 19, I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot… — Vanilla Ice
I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same… — Robert Jordan
I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore. — Eric Kripke
My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my… — Big Sean
It was an amazing experience to work with Michael Jackson, who is a legend. — Mario Vazquez
I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics of my fellow… — Jessica Lynch
I'm interested in making films of all sizes. During this time I've made a film called 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas', which is a… — David Heyman
I look back at that time fondly. It's something I never thought I'd get the chance to do, be in a soap. Working with Barbara… — Sophie Thompson
A picture lives by its legend - not by anything else. — Pablo Picasso
The stars were my best friends. The air was full of legends and phantoms, full of mythical and fairy tale creatures, which suddenly flew away… — Marc Chagall
But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her Lord… — Charles Godfrey Leland

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