Myth Making Quotes
- Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must… — Frank Herbert
- ...the prominent Egyptian government minister, university professor, and writer Taha Hussein...devoted himself to the study of pre-Islamic Arabian poetry and ended up concluding that much… — Toby Lester
- My thesis is that what we call 'science' is differentiated from the older myths not by being something distinct from a myth, but by being… — Karl Popper
- The problem with memory is that is changes whatever it touches. It is never that accurate. As a result, I end up modifying and revising… — Li-Young Lee
- Ideology is the sterner face of myth and we're a myth-making people. — Diana Trilling
- We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true… — J.R.R. Tolkien
- My child, you have a flawed grasp of the nature of myth-making. I am a poet and storyteller, a creator of ballads and sagas. Pray… — Frances Hardinge