Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

Some are trapped in boxes of pea-sized Christianity, full of myths about missions that rob them of incentive to care about the unreached — David Bryant
But the myth of violent solutions as the ultimate solutions maintains itself in much of popular media. — Stanley Crouch
It is only myth that attempts to say how the universe came to be, either four thousand or twenty billion years ago. — Hannes Alfven
Some truths are expressed best in the form of myth. — Ransom Riggs
Nothing will see us through the age we're entering but high consciousness, and that comes hard. We don't have a good, modern myth yet, and… — Robert Johnson
Global warming is a false myth and every serious person and scientist says so. It is not fair to refer to the U.N. panel. The… — Vaclav Klaus
I don't like the idea of drama schools. They only perpetuate the myth that everyone can do what I do — Zach Braff
My mission was always intended to be slightly outside the public eye, because that makes me appear more interesting than I really am. A lot… — Julian Cope
There's always someone who secretly believes in myths and legends; or at least parts of them. Those are the people who will look beyond the… — Aprilynne Pike
The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact — Joseph Campbell
As a child I became a confirmed believer in the ancient gods simply because as between the reality of fact and the reality f myth,… — Kathleen Raine
If we only arrange our life in accordance with the principle which tells us that we must always trust in the difficult, then what now… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The myth of the inevitability of economic globalization is based largely on the work of Milton Friedman, and easily the most underreported story of our… — Molly Ivins
Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic prosperity that Americans now look… — Thomas Frank
Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype. — Norman Spinrad
Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past and… — Steven Saylor
We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our existence. Such stories,… — Unknown Author
There is a city myth that country life was isolated and lonely; the truth is that farmers and their families then had a richer social… — Rose Wilder Lane
The myth that men are the economic providers and women, mainly, are mothers and care givers in the family has now been thoroughly refuted. This… — Gro Harlem Brundtland
Much of today's psychiatric science is based on wish, myth, and politics... — Loren Mosher
I used to read the myths of love Now I have become the mythical lover — Unknown Author
Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this.… — Albert Einstein
There are some disabling myths about what art is, how to do it, what is good art, and what art is for, that have gagged… — Peter London
Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman Egypt and Arabia to the… — Edith Hall
The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous. — Diodorus Siculus

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