Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth;… — Michael Bergin
It takes a very strong brain to resist the absolutes, the myths that the media and the politicians peddle - the idea that if you… — Peter Mullan
The Big Bang is our modern scientific creation myth. It comes from the same human need to solve the cosmological riddle [Where did the universe… — Carl Sagan
Read myths. They teach you that you can turn inward, and you begin to get the message of the symbols. Read other people's myths, not… — Joseph Campbell
The infectious values and myths transmitted by bad sportswriters may be the deadliest words in the paper. — Robert Lipsyte
It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump… — Roddy Doyle
Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith, requires… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth. — Cyril Connolly
Christianity is a myth that has been literalised. — Timothy Freke
Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change… — Willard Van Orman Quine
Science only answers the question, How does it work? Or at most, What's there? Science asks what and how, philosophy asks why, myth and religion… — Peter Kreeft
The myth of this world is that the way to transformation is through power, but God choose to enter the world in a weak manner,… — Rick Dees
The man armed with knowledge has a better chance of survival than the man who is simply the fittest. Knowledge is the true strength. Muscle… — Suzy Kassem
What they teach you as history is mythology and true mythology is far from fantasy -- it is our true history. A bulk of our… — Suzy Kassem
There is at least one truth to every myth, and it takes one truth to create a lie. Lies can be formed from Truth; however,… — Suzy Kassem
Whenever science attempts to legitimate itself, it is no longer scientific but narrative, appealing to an orienting myth that is not susceptible to scientific legitimation. — James K. A. Smith
Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself. — Pat Summitt
The myth is that it is possible for one human being to educate another — Oliver DeMille
Creativity is simply the human brain forming new connections between ideas, and we all are engaged in this process every day. The common idea that… — Michael Gungor
Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing… — James Bovard
It is easy to imagine fantasy as physical and myth as real. We do it almost every moment. We do this as we dream, as… — Walker Evans
Jesus Christ is the most famous Jew of all time, but is today remembered as a Christian. Surprisingly, the Jewish community has accepted this distortion… — Shmuley Boteach
My facts shall be falsehoods to the common sense. I would so state facts that they shall be significant, shall be myths or mythologic. Facts… — Henry David Thoreau
Although they like to call themselves journalists, that's a myth even they don't really believe anymore. They're mutts on short leashes. — Jon Rappoport
We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce,… — Beyonce Knowles

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