Acquaintance Quote by Lewis H. Lapham

I think that obviously humans find it very difficult to believe that there is no there there. So they created these stories and myths…

— Sally Quinn

Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

The creation story unfurling within the scientific enterprise provides the fundamental context, the fundamental arena of meaning, for all the peoples of the Earth.…

— Brian Swimme

We hunger to understand, so we invent myths about how we imagine the world is constructed - and they're, of course, based upon what…

— Carl Sagan

The truth about an animal is far more exciting and altogether more beautiful than all the myths woven about it.

— Konrad Lorenz

We are the only animal that tells stories.

— John Landgraf

“Only Homo sapiens can discuss things that are not tangible, such as fantasies, legends, myths, deities, and religions. The ability to talk about fiction…

— Read trepreneur

Story is the oldest, commonest, most beloved, and most effective form of communication because our life is essentially a story. That's why the Bible…

— Peter Kreeft

I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore, I find that stories people told each other thousands of years ago…

— Cassandra Clare

“A second theory agrees that our unique language evolved as a means of sharing information about the world. But the most important information that…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore. I find that, you know, stories people told each other thousands of…

— Cassandra Clare

Even if these stories are 3,000 years old, there's still so much about the characters, about the dilemmas, about their understanding of the universe…

— Rick Riordan