Books Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a…

— Thomas Bulfinch

“Historical mythmaking is made possible only by forgetting.”

— Nancy Isenberg

As a story teller I have always been fascinated with our legends, these can be re-told time and time again. And there is always…

— Shobana

“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

“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

Plato wove historical fact into literary myth.

— Michael Shermer

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

— John Boorman

“The faculty for myth is innate in the human race. It seizes with avidity upon any incidents, surprising or mysterious, in the career of…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Taken as a story of human achievement, and human blindness, the discoveries in the sciences are among the great epics.

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

“Myths have always been archetypal realities, that through history or legend, remind the human being of his origin, his destiny, and the meaning of…

— Javier Cazañ

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.

— Alan Moore

“Rooting arguments in evidence and respecting scholarly norms, historians must craft stories that shape the future as well as the past.”

— Michael J. Lansing