Arguing Quote by Dan Barker

I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate. Do you…

— Rick Riordan

Even if we don't have any knowledge in this life, we have and tend to rely on relevant true beliefs; and that's sufficient for…

— Gail Fine

There are things to be learned even from the dead.

— Anonymous

The living would come up with endless theories to argue, because the living were exceptionally good at arguing, especially when no one knew the…

— Neal Shusterman

Our conjectures pass upon us for truths; we will know what we do not know, and often, what we cannot know: so mortifying to…

— Lord Chesterfield

You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.

— Jennifer Donnelly

“If we know only our own side of the argument, we hardly know even that; it becomes stale, soon learned only by rote, untested,…

— Carl Sagan

Those who brush off the Biblical accounts as "ancient fiction" and "legends" only reveal their ignorance of these archaeological discoveries.

— Charlie Campbell

“Myths may not satisfy the demands of rationality or science, but they contain profound wisdom - provided one believes they do and is willing…

— Devdutt Pattanaik

I have always argued that we can't live by or be made to exist outside of mythology, and that every group and nation has,…

— Marina Warner

Myths are stories for our search through the ages for truth, for meaning, for significance. We all need to tell our story and to…

— Joseph Campbell

I'm always interested in debunking myths if they are untrue. But it's also important to identify myths and how they function, what value they…

— Neal Ascherson