Quotes About Myth

When I use the word 'Satan,' it doesn't stand for a guy with horns. To me, that word means the powers of the unknown, the powers of darkness.

I had always been told that you shouldn't clean the litter box when you're pregnant, because of your cat. And I think that is overblown - unless you have, like, three kittens in your house that are living outside and eating raw meat, this shouldn't really be a significant source of concern.

Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms.

Everyone who was ever told a fairytale knows what happens to women who do their own magic.

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.

Women still live longer than men because their lives are easier.

In all legends men have thought of women as sublime separately but horrible in a herd.

Pressed for rules and verities, All i recolelct are these: Feed a cold and starve a fever. Argue with no true believer. Think-too-long is never-act. Scratch a myth and find a fact.

Many religions over the years have suggested that when a woman is menstruating, she should be avoided and not touched.

There's only one problem with the hero's journey, it never included women.

They say men and women can't be friends, but that's not true.

The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.

We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women.

Vampires, like virgins or priests, are things that women believe in. We must never fail to humor them in such matters.

And it's time people told the truth about beautiful women. They do not shimmer down staircases. They do not descend, as was once supposed, from on high, attached to nothing other than wings.

The sentient beast has long been a staple of fantasy fiction and its antecedents in myth and folktale.

There's this myth that has been exacerbated by others that Starbucks means a $4 cup of coffee, which is not true.

Kangana has started believing in her own myth. She says she taught feminism to the film industry, she taught it nationalism. I'm glad she spelled that out because nobody else had noticed! I think she fears the day when she will no longer be in the headlines and so has to keep making outrageous statements to stay in the news.

My mission was always intended to be slightly outside the public eye, because that makes me appear more interesting than I really am. A lot of people don't realise that merely by staying away, you can create a myth.

This whole thing about a woman staying alone and being happy is just a myth. Everyone needs someone in their lives.

There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.

conservatism's populist myth.