Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It's one of the… — Helen Fisher
To me there is nothing more sacred than love and laughter, and there is nothing more prayerful than playfulness. When you are in love, all… — Rajneesh
For example, a few years ago, a great French philosopher, Roger Garaudy, wrote a scientific book. He did not offend, curse, or insult anyone. He… — Hassan Nasrallah
It has served us well, this myth of Christ. — Pope Leo X
Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion. — Roland Barthes
Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero carries our hopes,… — Rollo May
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be… — David Brin
We need to be much clearer about what we do and do not know so that we don't continually confuse the two. If I could… — Benjamin Bloom
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… — Jimmy Carter
If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed. — Howard Mumford Jones
We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be… — Rigoberta Menchu
Global warming - at least the modern nightmare vision - is a myth. I am sure of it and so are a growing number of… — David Bellamy
In a great number of the cosmogonic myths the world is said to have developed from a great water, which was the prime matter. In… — Svante Arrhenius
There has never been nationhood without falsehood. — Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Were it part of our everyday education and comment that the corporation is an instrument for the exercise of power, that it belongs to the… — John Kenneth Galbraith
We thought everybody knew by now that barrel length has almost nothing to do with accuracy. I believe the myth of the superior accuracy of… — Jeff Cooper
The E Myth. Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON… — Michael Gerber
Without doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is,… — Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
In "The Myth of Sisyphus", his most important non-fiction work, Albert Camus suggested that if we believed what most people claim to be the purpose… — Unknown Author
Every gay person must come out.... Once they realize we are indeed their children, we are indeed everywhere, every myth, every lie, every innuendo will… — Harvey Milk
It's a myth that older writers can't write for younger audiences. Shakespeare wasn't 15 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet. — Unknown Author
Songs are like myths. Myths are useful because they allow you to cast yourself and your life and your own experience. And for some people,… — James Taylor
Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that survives… — Camille Paglia
There is nothing truer than myth: history, in its attempt to realize myth, distorts it, stops halfway; when history claims to have succeeded, this is… — Eugene Ionesco
The myths and legends about Faerie are many and diverse, and often contradictory. Only one thing is certain - that nothing is certain. All things… — Brian Froud

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