Character Quote by Yamamoto Tsunetomo

I believe in talking about gender to young people, so they can understand and accept differences, and I am a mentor at workshops in…

— Rebecca Root

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.

— Terri Windling

I learned very early on not to speak to my folk from on high, but to get down with them, beside them, showing them…

— Robert Jackson Bennett

“It is difficult to learn anything worthwhile if you only listen to those who share your views.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

It is useless to talk with those who do not understand one and troublesome to talk with those who criticize from a feeling of…

— Murasaki Shikibu

I suggest that an education and reading and facts aren't bad things on which to ponder a few notions.

— Peter O'Toole

I used to live in a village, and I always loved listening to old people. Unfortunately, it was always women who were talking, because…

— Svetlana Alexievich

I have watched constantly that in our work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with…

— Walt Disney

It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.

— William Penn

“It is certainly true that all beliefs and all myths are worthy of a respectful hearing. It is not true that all folk beliefs…

— Carl Sagan

Though it is evident, that not more than one age or people can deserve the censure of being more averse from learning than any…

— Samuel Johnson

I have a fundamental faith in folk, that people are interesting and good.

— Martin Firrell