Quotes About Legends

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous

Why hasn't anybody seen a mermaid and lived? asked Trot again. 'Cause mermaids is fairies, an' ain't meant to be seen by us mortal folk, replied Cap'n Bill. But if anyone happens to see 'em, what then, Cap'n? Then, he answered, slowly wagging his head, the mermaids give 'em a smile an' a wink, an' they dive into the water an' gets drownded.

But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?

I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.

As the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. But only when the reality has not been subsumed by foamy legends and fantasies that radiate outward from the actual event.

At all times, among my friends, both young and old, English or American, I have always found eager listeners to the beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan, and in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West. Y. T. O. Tokio, 1908.

Leyendas, mitos, dioses y religiones aparecieron por primera vez con la revolución cognitiva.

It should be noted, as with so many legends and popularly accepted truths created out of political motivation: There, in fact, is no evidence that the hundreds of murders historically attributed to the werewolves of Gévaudan were actually caused by wolves. As with all witchhunts, the endless battle against ignorance requires one to always keep an open mind and sharp wits when considering such rumors - especially the rumors we choose to enjoy.

I didn't think they even existed. They're in stories, in legends, and we have Dragon Eye jewels and dragon threads and dragon this and that, but no one ever seriously thought these things came from actual dragons. That would have been... ridiculous. - Skulduggery

My tutors all said that the greatest of the wizards died many years ago and that their like would never be again seen in our lands." "Historians can be a pessimistic lot. I have never met one that did not believe that the world's best years had already passed.

I loved Aphrodite from the first and steeped myself in her legends. My mother told me that in ancient times her rituals were bloody and cruel, but I only half believed it.

People tend to hold a lot of superstitions when it comes to old graveyards

is there a difference between being the midwife of truth, or the midwife of legends?

It's true that when I was younger and I first got interested in music, I used to read books about the Stones and the Beatles and how they listened to Muddy Waters and people like that when they were starting out, who are much less well known now than the Rolling Stones. The Stones really changed blues.

I'm Welsh. We didn't do 'Peter Pan.' We have far more ancient legends to be put to sleep with.

From what I've read, everyone has a claim on Merlin. Was he Scottish, Welsh, English or even French? All these countries have got a big claim on him and Camelot. That's why the Arthurian legends are so popular - because they are such good stories.

Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the enduring myths and legends of Western culture.

I hope I can develop here in the Premier League, and I hope I can be like those great legends one time in my career.

Beastie Boys and David Bowie are two of my favorite artists.

Ryan Giggs and David Beckham were the two players I've always looked up to.

You know, times change. That's why there are so many debates about who people think the greatest players of all time are.

Anybody who's into Arthurian legends will appreciate that they are being re-told. The Arthurian legends have been developed and re-told over the years.

My earliest memories of football were watching and being taught about the legends. Hearing about the likes of Diego Maradona and Pele and watching them on VHS tapes.