Quotes About Myth

she was born from the foam that arose when Ouranous's genitals landed in the sea—

she and Wotan are also both sister and brother, and wife and husband.

Los mitos y los sueños proceden del mismo lugar... Un mito es el sueño de una sociedad.» Joseph Campbell

Authenticity in the marketplace is a myth, what people want is to be understood and to be served, not merely witness whatever you feel like doing in a given moment.

a conception of an expansive power that goes beyond previous understandings, and justifies it, not by an appeal to legal authority or political principle, but by a Manichaean myth that depicts two formations locked in a death struggle. One is the representative of absolute justice, the other of absolute injustice.

As the film draws to a close, the camera becomes riveted on a seemingly endless parade, row on row, of uniformed Nazis, shoulder to shoulder, goose-stepping in the flickering torchlight. Even today it leaves an impression of iron determination, of power poised for conquest, of power resolute, mindless, its might wrapped in myth.

But epics are rarely honest, and honesty should never be epic.

I'd wanted to say something epic and honest. But epics are rarely honest, and honesty should never be epic.

Are you sure Savitar is on our side? Nick I can hear you, kid, Savitar growled And yeah. I'm on your side. Just checking. My other former allies turned out to be myths.

Simple. Atlantis can't be found. He scoffed at her. You're the second person to tell me that in less than an hour.

Every great legend begins with that one person who raises an angry fist to the sky and flips off the gods in defiance. Acheron

As hard as I try to live with some degree of faith in my life, I just can't believe that the full moon can turn dude into a wolf.

Heroes betray us. By having them, in real life, we betray ourselves.

I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream.

The balanced life is a goal, but for us it is mostly a myth.

In my whole life, I've never vomited from seeing something disgusting. Does it really even happen, outside of movies and TV? I believe it may be a myth.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

No Arturo, there never was a sea. You dream and you wish, but you go on through the wasteland. You will never see the sea again. It was a myth you once believed.-But, I have to smile, for the salt of the sea is in my blood, and there may be ten thousand roads over the land, but they shall never confuse me, for my heart's blood will ever return to its beautiful source.

Il mondo non era che un mito, un aereo trasparente, su cui tutto era in transito; anche noi […], eravamo qui solo di passaggio per finire poi chissà dove. Non eravamo vivi, noi, ci limitavamo a sfiorare la vita senza mai afferrarla.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistant, persuasive and unrealistic.

Remember, nobody expects you to be Halt. He's a legend, after all. Haven't you heard? He's eight feet tall and kills bears with his bare hands . . .

Nou ja, we kennen allemaal die theorie dat de wereld een grote schotel op de rug van een reusachtige schildpad is. - Thorn

Of course it is! Just as Alseiass, the all-loving Golden God of the Outsiders, is a myth.