Myth Quotes

992 Myth quotes by 711 unique authors

There are myths about kids spending time online - that it is dangerous or making them lazy. But we found that spending time online is… — Unknown Author
The more real things get, the more like myths they become. There have always been myths, but the myths of earlier times were, Im convinced,… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder
A 'death mirror' held up to American culture - Brando, bikes and black leather; Christ, chains and cocaine. A 'high' view of the myth of… — Kenneth Anger
I have always been a big fan of the character and am more of a moviegoer than a comic book guy, there is always something… — Christopher Nolan
To know the truth of history is to realize its ultimate myth and its inevitable ambiguity. — Unknown Author
I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the literary scene. — Harold Bloom
A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a… — David Antin
We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates. — Robert Coover
Pure science is a myth: Both mathematical theoreticians like Albert Einstein and practical crackpots like Henry Ford dealt with different aspects of the same world. — Edward Abbey
We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology. — Carl Jung
I have always considered imaginative truth to be more profound, more loaded with significance, than every day reality... Everything we dream about, and by that… — Eugene Ionesco
My research debunks the myth that many people seem to have . . . that you become a leader by fighting your way to the… — William Cohen
By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly… — Michael Moorcock
I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman. — Sandra Cisneros
The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong. — Clarence Thomas
When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as… — Lars von Trier
If we trace the history of any nation backwards into the past, we come at last to a period of myths and traditions which eventually… — Bal Gangadhar Tilak
It doesn't matter what is true; it only matters what people believe is true... You are what the media define you to be. [Greenpeace] became… — Paul Watson
It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still… — Epicurus
I had been a reader of THOR in college. I had read the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby stuff. I had loved it. I had… — Unknown Author
Stupidity has made enormous progress. It's a sun so shining that we can no longer look at it directly. Thanks to communication media, it's no… — Ennio Flaiano
The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind. — Mary Ritter Beard
As Christians learn how self-styled Jews have spent millions of dollars to manufacture the 'Jewish myth' for Christian consumption and that they have done this… — Unknown Author
Divorce Myths: 1. When love has gone out of a marriage, it is better to get divorced. 2. It is better for the children for… — R C Sproul
A myth is a lie that conveys a truth. — C.S. Lewis

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