Quotes About Legend

Men really do need sea-monsters in their personal oceans

Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.

There is not, and never was, a greater man than Emil Zatopek.

Who is the man who can call from the back door at night: "Here, Champion Alexander of Clane o' Wind-Holme! Here, Champion Alexander of Clane o' Wind-Holme"?

For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls

Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed.

I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat - there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin' in.

The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died. We drove to Memphis, the sky was hard and black.

Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young.

Remembering a man's stories makes him immortal.

Not all men were meant to dance with dragons.

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

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History is story, too. You don't encounter her directly; you've only heard of her through narrative of one sort or another.

History a distillation of rumor.

History, a distillation of rumour.

When people ask me if Dean Martin drank, let me put it this way. If Dracula bit Dean in the neck, he'd get a Bloody Mary.

Everything Maradona did, he did with a guy hanging on his neck during 90 minutes.

How do I explain Neil Young? Great question! I explain Neil Young as, I would kill to see his acoustic shows.

Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.

At every step in his life, DiMaggio was what New Yorkers wanted in a hero.

I want to be the next legend.

As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.

The story was told, generation by generation, in song and in story, until time misted it into myth and legend. But some believed, as legends brought comfort.