Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things. — Janis Joplin
I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman. — Bob Kane
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. — John F. Kennedy
There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken… — Evel Knievel
My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give it to me… — Anne Lamott
There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can. — Jessica Lange
Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the… — Jessica Lange
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul,… — D. H. Lawrence
I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's… — John Lennon
In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us. — Audre Lorde
The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's… — Baz Luhrmann
In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human… — Baz Luhrmann
I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and… — David Lynch
There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created. — John Major
It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths. — Greil Marcus
For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious formula into which life flows when it reproduces its traits… — Thomas Mann
Fiction isn't made by scraping the bones of topicality for the last shreds and sinews, to be processed into mechanically recovered prose. Like journalism, it… — Hilary Mantel
Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's… — Paul McCartney
The great myth is the manager as orchestra conductor. It's this idea of standing on a pedestal and you wave your baton and accounting comes… — Henry Mintzberg
No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government… — Kevin Mitnick
A part of me wants to sort of try and sound cool and feed this myth that I'm some sort of glamorous lothario, but I… — Unknown Author
I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths. — Dominic Monaghan
There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children… — Michael Morpurgo
The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway. — Jo Nesbo
A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality. — Andrew O'Hagan

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