Legends Quotes

494 Legends quotes by 387 unique authors

Thereâ€™s no way to really preserve a person when theyâ€™ve gone and thatâ€™s because whatever you write down itâ€™s not the truth, itâ€™s just a… — Steven Hall
Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused. — Charles de Lint
Those who brush off the Biblical accounts as "ancient fiction" and "legends" only reveal their ignorance of these archaeological discoveries. — Charlie Campbell
After visiting these places, you can easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as… — John F. Kennedy
It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to which they belong;… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Contrary to vulgar legend the lives of great ballerinas are not entirely given up to a few minutes of graceful movement every night followed by… — Gore Vidal
If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around… — Judy Garland
If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely? — Judy Garland
So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the database that scholars… — Henry Louis Gates
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it. — Miles Davis
I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis. — Miles Davis
Does the novel have to deepen the psychology of its heroes? Certainly the modern novel does, but the ancient legends did not do the same.… — Umberto Eco
I wanna be a legend; I wanna be a cult hero. I do! — Kathleen Hanna
Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend. — Jim Harrison
Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does. — Helen Hayes
As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no… — Douglas Hyde
He will be beginning a brand new chapter in the Michael Jackson legend. — LaToya Jackson
I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman. — Bob Kane
Batman has been acknowledged as a legend in my lifetime. — Bob Kane
I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead. — Maynard James Keenan

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