Firsts Quote by Edith Hamilton

Men do not invent Myths. They only invent fables, and tell lies. True Myths create themselves, and find their expression in the men who…

— Denis Johnston

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

When those myths were created, when the Bible was written, man didn't know what an atom or a germ was, or where the sun…

— Bill Maher

“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

Myths are about the human struggle to deal with the great passages of time and life--birth, death, marriage, the transitions from childhood to adulthood…

— Michael Shermer

There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.

— Philipp Meyer

“If these out-of date beliefs are to be called myths, then myths can be produced by the same sorts of methods and held for…

— Thomas S. Kuhn

Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.

— Karl Popper

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.

— Joseph Campbell

One can discern a few very general myths that facilitate the birth of further myths: that everything is possible; that whatever we have failed…

— Mario Bunge

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

— George Orwell

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

— Michael Shermer