America Quote by Dave Champion

“History is often made and buttressed by myths and folklore rather than facts.”

— Daikichi Irokawa

America creates myths by focusing a lot of energy on its history and using it - - not always, but sometimes - for constructive…

— Bernard-Henri Levy

“All myths have a basis in fact”

— Samaire Provost

“I thought if you told people facts, they’d draw their conclusions, and because the facts were true, the conclusions mostly would be too. But…

— James S.A. Corey

There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.

— Edward Zwick

“History is made not of facts set in stone but of the stories we tell.”

— Michelle Richmond

“Facts are not always facts. The version of the truth we know is what is shown to us.”

— Olivia A. Cole

“Our myths, our legends, aren't necessarily true, but they are truly necessary. They have to do with the way we interpret the world and…

— Jo Walton

“Myths are compost. They begin as religions, the most deeply held of beliefs, or as the stories that accrete to religions as they grow.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Facts do not find their way into the world in which our beliefs reside - they did not produce our beliefs, there, they do…

— Marcel Proust

“For most of human history, myths have survived through changing times because they did not demand to be seen as a literal retelling of…

— Jonah Sachs

“Belief has nothing to do with facts, especially for the unbelievable facts.”

— Toba Beta