Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill. — Robert Heller
There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myth that attempts to say… — Hannes Alfven
Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are… — Brad Holland
But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation… — William Robertson Smith
The Roswell incident, for instance, had over three hundred witnesses - some describing the bodies, some the craft, some the military procedures. Were they all… — Dwight Schultz
And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain… — Minoru Yamasaki
I wanted to rock back and forth between myth and distant futures, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It felt a bit like prophecy and a bit… — George Murray
We each have a personal myth, a vision of who we really are and what we want. Health means that part of what you want… — George Weinberg
The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political issues, the legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, women who kill, and those issues… — Warren Farrell
From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into… — Diane Wakoski
I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then. — John Bacon
Contrary to the myth that Mr. Bush cut taxes only for the wealthy, the 2001 tax cut reduced taxes for every income-tax payer in the… — Ari Fleischer
The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one would care. — Kevin Mitnick
I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever. — Carre Otis
The Enlightenment was an attempt to liberate myth and base truth claims on evidence, not just dogma. But when science threw out the church, they… — Ken Wilber
My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth. — Eddie Huang
Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing… — Steven Weber
The idea that myth is the opposite of knowledge, or the opposite of truth, is simply to disallow it. It is like saying poetry is… — Marilynne Robinson
There was a real conflation of hero and victim in the wake of 9/11, in our perverse desire to create a triumphant myth out of… — Jess Walter
Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes those… — Jasper Fforde
I tend to think of a myth and then explore how it would play out if it were happening in the modern-day world. I modify… — Rick Riordan
When the last red man shall have perished from the earth and his memory among the white men shall have become a myth, these shores… — Chief Seattle
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always… — Robert Fulghum
Knowledge is not a series of self consistent theories that converges towards an ideal view; it is rather an ever increasing ocean of mutually incompatible… — Paul Feyerabend
What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games, strong in adversity, but lousy in bed. It is a… — Unknown Author

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