Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

The world is too big and too intricate to conform to our ideas of what it should be like... Just because we invent myths and… — Unknown Author
Within the studies and on the screen, the Jews could simply create a new country - an empire of their own, so to speak, one… — Neal Gabler
When I was a kid, I took 'The Brady Bunch' and 'The Partridge Family' very seriously. It was a world to me in the same… — George Saunders
Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like… — Hal Sparks
In creation myths, a god shapes mud or clay into living form, much like a potter throws a pot or a sculptor reveals the statue… — Stuart Dybek
I find increasingly that the more extreme are the things going on in your life, the more cultural reference points fail you. More mythical reference… — Michael Sheen
I felt that the biological clock was some myth to keep me from doing what I wanted to do. And so I rebelled against it… — Lili Taylor
The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example. — Robert Trout
The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of… — Robert Trout
Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard… — Joan D. Vinge
It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is… — Jack White
People do not like to have their favorite myths of idols challenged and as a rule I think that the public does not like bad… — Tom Brokaw
America is among the countries the advance countries with the least equality of opportunity, which means that the - while I prospects of young American,… — Jedediah Bila
I began to pick apart our knowledge of Frankenstein and discovered that the public's idea of this myth comes from a million different places... I… — Max Landis
I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream. — Sean Lennon
I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was interested in Norse, then Celtic, then… — Grant Morrison
There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed. — Edward Zwick
Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a connection from one… — Mary Catherine Bateson
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
If something controls you in a way that puzzles you, think of it as a mystery. Mysteries are best approached by closing your eyes and… — Bernie Siegel
There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that hard. It's not brain surgery. — John Powell
Here I stand and make Both myth and reality in my own way And live the violence of my dream and of my reality. — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern California, are all… — Tim Cahill
It seems like a totally gratuitous myth to tell people a giant rabbit comes round at night leaving candy in a haphazard way around the… — Todd Rundgren
I would be copping out if I stayed in the myth of the '60s. — Jerry Rubin

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