Quotes About Myth

It's a myth that you can have it all. You can't, but more importantly, I don't think you should want to. It sounds exhausting!

Let's be clear: there was no golden age of journalism. The media has always been bad. And instead of improving, it spent a lot of time and energy making up its own myth.

As you enter the world of myth, you have immediately a wonderful freedom.

'Journey' was very much inspired by Joseph Campbell's work for 'The Hero's Journey,' but, from among his works, I like 'The Power of Myth' best.

Actually, a myth is a story that is not just not true, but it's a story that is especially true. And I think the myth of Jesus is especially true.

The story of trying to live up to the myth is more interesting than the myth itself.

I must say, I've been in the studio with Jay Z, dog... I thought the freestyle thing was a myth. But, bro!

I think horror or science fiction is another way of telling a modern myth - it's like Ancient Greece; it's like kids couldn't wait for the next 'Orpheus' story, the next 'Jason and the Argonauts.'

The myth of Naipaul... has long been a farce.

It is a myth that married women do not get work. Those days are gone now. So, if you think I hid my marriage for that reason, it's not true.

The idea of sacrifice is integral to the John Henry myth. Heroic figures have to die in order for us to have our stories; we live and stand on their bones.

People have this idea that if you're not brilliant like Einstein, you can't be a scientist. And that's just a myth. He was the one out of a million scientists, but there were 999,999 other scientists who were not as brilliant but who just do great science, as well.

India's nuclear-test blasts have pretty much put to rest the myth of Indians being peace-loving Gandhians.

I don't have to mumble something under my breath when someone asks me what I do anymore. I can just say, definitively, 'I'm an author.' And the best part? That's not a myth. That's just the truth.

I've actually written a children's film called 'The Myth,' which you could say is like a big 'Harry Potter'-esque fantasy for kids, and that's a film I would love to see get made. That's a dream project of mine.

It's a bit of a myth that too much cholesterol causes heart attacks.

Most people are surprised to find out that the myth of the crowded little island is just that - a myth.

As an actor, I am delighted that Innocent has busted the myth that a film star would never win an election in Kerala.

I don't believe two actresses can be best friends. It's an absolute myth.

When you talk about Puyol, you speak of a myth of football.

The myth that 'old' guys can't write anything fresh is just a myth.

There's a bit of a myth that you pre-suppose every European player is better than every English player.

We've been living with this myth that somehow government investment in research has not been critical to economic growth.

Selling out is a myth. Bill Gates isn't selling out, is he? Richard Branson isn't selling out. Why can't black people make money?