Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is about Norma Jean Baker, who becomes Marilyn Monroe, which I called a fictitious biography. That uses the… — Joyce Carol Oates
I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you… — Yoko Ono
I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying… — Yoko Ono
Myths which are believed in tend to become true. — George Orwell
Out with stereotypes, feminism proclaims. But stereotypes are the west's stunning sexual personae, the vehicles of art's assault against nature. The moment there is imagination,… — Camille Paglia
As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth. — Boris Pasternak
If the myth of pure evil is that evil is committed with the intention of causing harm and an absence of moral considerations, then it… — Steven Pinker
I know I'm not a coal miner, but I do long hours and I never complain, and there is nowhere else I'd rather be. So,… — Daniel Radcliffe
My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after Norse mythology. She… — Rick Riordan
I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate. Do you have… — Rick Riordan
Over the years, myths were built up about my relationship with Fred Astaire. The general public thought he was a Svengali, who snapped his fingers… — Ginger Rogers
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. — Bertrand Russell
But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort… — Karl Rove
Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul… — George Santayana
There's this myth that has been exacerbated by others that Starbucks means a $4 cup of coffee, which is not true. — Howard Schultz
The video for 'Whatever' is kind of a documentary in a way. It's showing that love can last. Not just in your early 20s or… — Jill Scott
There are black marriages that are still going strong 40 years later. You hear so many myths that there aren't any people making it, but… — Jill Scott
Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant. — Michael Shermer
But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths. — Michael Shermer
Plato wove historical fact into literary myth. — Michael Shermer
I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap. — Robert Smith
I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't… — Jada Pinkett Smith
The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is… — J. Michael Straczynski
Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression. — Barbra Streisand
This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks… — Matt Taibbi

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