Quotes about Mythology

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. Votes: 7

Mythology works... because Indians have been bred on myths. Votes: 3

Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind. Votes: 3

Mythology is the mother of religions, and grandmother of history. Votes: 3

Mythology is the womb of man's initiation to life and death. Votes: 3

Mythology is like gravity, inconvenient at times, but necessary for cohesion. Votes: 3

Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped. Votes: 3

Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way. Votes: 3

Mythology is much better stuff than history. It has form; logic; a message. Votes: 3

Self-manipulation is our medication. Mythology is our drug. The only cure is honesty. Votes: 3

Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it. Votes: 3

Mythology is the crop which the Old World bore before its soil was exhausted. Votes: 3

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic. Votes: 3

A one sentence definition of mythology? Mythology is what we call someone else's religion. Votes: 3

Mythology is often defined as 'other peoples' religions', religion can be thought of as misinterpreted mythology. Votes: 3

Mythology helps you to identify the mysteries of the energies pouring through you. Therein lies your eternity. Votes: 3

Mythology needs heroes and it needs villains, it needs heroes to fail, it needs heroes to struggle. Votes: 3

Mythology does not interest me. Nor does history. But the possible overlap between history and mythology excites me immensely. Votes: 3

Mythology is not religion. It may rather be regarded as the ancient substitute, the poetical counterpart, for dogmatic theology. Votes: 3

I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality. Votes: 3

Mythology can be used, and has been used, even to re-state, you know, the very urgent problems of the world. Votes: 3

Mythology is a really beautiful vocabulary passed down through centuries that helps us understand the perennial parts of our nature. Votes: 3

Mythology was littered with people who meddled in the affairs of elves and fairies and were never again heard from. Votes: 3

I'm certainly not surprised by the passion of the youth for our myths. Mythology is almost a part of an Indian's DNA. Votes: 3

Mythology may, in a real sense, be defined as other people's religion. And religion may, in a sense, be understood as popular misunderstanding of mythology. (8) Votes: 3

Mythology is like a game of Chinese Whispers. What goes in at one end of the human circle is rarely what emerges at the other end. Votes: 3

Mythology, science and space exploration are subjects that have fascinated me since my early childhood. And they were always connected somehow with the music I write. Votes: 3

Mythology is a set of primitive lies that people rarely believe. This is rather different from history, which is a set of lies that people believe. Votes: 3

Mythology and history are my passion. I grew up in a religious family and learnt about our scriptures and philosophies. It's the language I'm comfortable with. Votes: 3

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology. Votes: 3

Mythology is a set of primitive lies that people rarely believe. This is rather different from history, which is a set of lies that people actually believe. Votes: 3

I've come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a people believes, what they fear. Votes: 3

I love Greek Mythology, wish there was a TV series, like being human or smallville, but with the series based around Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Holla Mayne! Votes: 3

Mythology is about Good VS Evil, is it not? We can pretend runes and astrology and reading tea leaves...But to whom do we pray when we are terrified? Carl Sagan's essays? Votes: 3

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. Votes: 3

Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom. Votes: 3

At first I was glad for the help. My freshmen English class, "Mythology and Archetypal Experience," confounded me. I didn't understand why we couldn't just read books without forcing contorted interpretations on then Votes: 3

Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it. Votes: 3

Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. Votes: 3

Mythology tells us that where you stumble, there your treasure is ... The world is a match for us, and we're a match for the world. And where it seems most challenging lies the greatest invitation to find deeper and greater power in ourselves. Votes: 3

Mythology is composed by poets out of their insights and realizations. Mythologies are not invented; they are found. You can no more tell us what your dream is going to be tonight than we can invent a myth. Myths come from the mystical region of essential experience. Votes: 3

I would never call myself a cancer survivor because I think it devalues those who do not survive. There's this whole mythology that people bravely battle their cancer and then they become survivors. Well, the ones who don't survive may be just as brave, you know, just as courageous, wonderful people. Votes: 3

Love cannot live where there is no trust. Votes: 2

Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day. Votes: 2

The depth of your mythology is the extent of your effectiveness. Votes: 2

I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call. Votes: 2

II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology. Votes: 2

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. Votes: 2

The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it. Votes: 2

We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology. Votes: 2

They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn Votes: 2

In the absence of an effective general mythology, each of us has his private, unrecognized, rudimentary, yet secretly potent pantheon of dreams. Votes: 2

I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of The Hunger Games. Votes: 2

'Star Wars' is mythology. It's like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. It's the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless. Votes: 2

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. Votes: 2

The mystery of light [and] the enigma of time form the twin pivots around which all my work revolves. In addition... my work attempts to create a mythology for our contemporary world. Votes: 2

I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as a poem and yourself participating in a poem is what the myth does for you. Votes: 2

Are there any mythical beasts which aren't simple pastiches of nature? Centaurs, minotaurs, unicorns, griffons, chimeras, sphinxes, manticores, and the like don't speak well for the human imagination. None is as novel as a kangaroo or starfish. Votes: 2

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? Votes: 2

You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems. Votes: 2

In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an opium-dream - an airy and spirit-lifting vision more wildly divine than the fantasies which hovered about the slumbering souls of the daughters of Delos. Votes: 2

Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education. Votes: 2

According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves. Votes: 2

The myth of Good Guys and Bad Guys is one of the most pervasive we own, and morally grey anti-heroes are simply one of modern fiction's attempts to shake off that mythology and replace it with something a bit more honest. Votes: 2

There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse if often closer to the truth. Stories shape the world. They exist independently of people, and in places quite devoid of man, there may yet be mythologies. Votes: 2

In mythology and palmistry, the left hand is called the dreamer because the ring finger on the left hand leads directly to the heart. I find it a very poetic idea. And that's why I only wear nail polish on my left ring finger. Votes: 2

In our national mythology, we seem to include only one-way migrations to the great capitol cities. The journey from the small Wisconsin town or Minnesota city to Chicago or New York or Los Angeles. Certainly for some people, that journey is a round trip. Votes: 2

Our grandkids will lead the lives of the gods of mythology. Zeus could think and move objects around. We'll have that power. Venus had a perfect, timeless body. We'll have that, too. Pegasus was a flying horse. We'll be able to modify life in the future. Votes: 2

I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change. Votes: 2

Matangi's mantra is aim, which is MIA backwards. She fights for freedom of speech and stands for truth, and lives in the ghetto because her dad was the first person in Hindu mythology who came from the 'hood, but had gained enlightenment through not being a Brahmin. Votes: 2

Contrary to popular mythology, the best and most durable relationships are based not on vulnerability or passion but on a conjugation of positive attributes, a meeting of mind, body and soul that is all the more powerful as it is not weighed down with neediness and unreasonable expectation. Votes: 2

I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for my opinions to join all the other opinions. But you have to be prepared for what comes back, especially if you don't agree with the dominant mythology. Votes: 2

I've been reading Greek mythology since I was a kid. I also taught it when I was a sixth grade teacher, so I knew a lot of mythological monsters already. Sometimes I still use books and Web sites to research, though. Every time I research Greek mythology, I learn something new! Votes: 2

Steve Jobs was rare: a C.E.O. who actually had a huge impact on his company's fortunes. Contrary to corporate mythology, most C.E.O.s could be easily replaced, if not by your average Joe, then by your average executive vice-president. But Jobs genuinely earned the label of superstar. Votes: 2

I still really love the world and the universe and the mythology of 'Halo.' If I was given control, I would really like to do that film. But that's the problem. When something pre-exists, there's this idea of my own interpretation versus 150 other people involved with the film's interpretation of the same intellectual property. Votes: 2

Medical training taught me the art of breaking down the complex maze of stories, symbols and rituals into clear systems. You could say that it helped me figure out the anatomy and physiology of mythology and its relevance in a society more incisively. How is it that no society can, or does, exist without them? Votes: 2

Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought in 1958 for $31,500. He seemed to answer to a deeply rooted, distinctly American mythology, in which decency and common sense triumphed over cosmopolitan guile, and in which an idealized past held firm against a rootless and too hurriedly changing present. Votes: 2

The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is where we came from; and this is where we're going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years - the last 50 years really - has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering. Votes: 2

There are mythologies that are scattered, broken up, all around us. We stand on what I call the terminal moraine of shattered mythic systems that once structured society. They can be detected all around us. You can select any of these fragments that activate your imagination for your own use. Let it help shape your own relationship to the unconscious system out of which these symbols have come. Votes: 2

Religon is misunderstood mythology Votes: 0

I like mythology - anything historical. Votes: 0

My Greek mythology is not strong enough. Votes: 0

I'm very at home working with mythology. Votes: 0

Science surpasses the old miracles of mythology. Votes: 0

Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology. Votes: 0

An entire mythology is stored within our language. Votes: 0

Without a mythology, faith is impersonal and heartless. Votes: 0

I have built my world through Native American mythology. Votes: 0

A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation. Votes: 0

The drug which makes sexuality palatable in popular mythology. Votes: 0

Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology. Votes: 0

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology. Votes: 0

I love Greek mythology, I love gladiators, I love war stuff. Votes: 0

[The Bible is] a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology. Votes: 0

One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else. Votes: 0

I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism. Votes: 0

Strangely enough, there's this mythology sprouting out that I cannot stop. Votes: 0

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had. Votes: 0

I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science. Votes: 0

Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology. Votes: 0

If comics are modern mythology, then black participation and representation is crucial. Votes: 0

Psychology is ultimately mythology, the study of the stories of the soul. Votes: 0

I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology. Votes: 0

The first function of mythology is showing everything as a metaphor to transcendence. Votes: 0

Nobody in America, in the modern generation, has read their mythology or legends. Votes: 0

I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on. Votes: 0

I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters. Votes: 0

The Bible is a book of Science. Secular Humanism is a religion of mythology. Votes: 0

I'm history! No, I'm mythology! Nah, I don't care what I am, I'm free! Votes: 0

Every human society possesses a mythology which is inherited, transmitted and diversified by literature. Votes: 0

There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London. Votes: 0

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks. Votes: 0

North Korea has a very striking mythology there. It is influencing the whole nation. Votes: 0

In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence, philosophy and logic. Votes: 0

For me, cinema becomes grandiose when it imposes its own mythology and its own reality. Votes: 0

I don't buy the whole mythology of the sixties. I think I'm an intergenerational person. Votes: 0

I'm such a geek, I know all about mythology and I don't know Marc Jacobs. Votes: 0

God lives and works in history. The outward mythology changes, the inward truth remains the same. Votes: 0

Don't buy into the corporate mythology that's been rammed down our throats for all these years. Votes: 0

We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible. Votes: 0

There's this kind of strange mythology about me in the media because I've done unusual things. Votes: 0

The extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology. Votes: 0

Italian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology. Votes: 0

I am inclined to think that the realm of mythology is where the Yeti rightly belongs. Votes: 0

I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young. Votes: 0

I know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology. Votes: 0

The poet is he who can write some pure mythology today without the aid of posterity. Votes: 0

The disinterested imaginative core of mythology is what develops into literature, science, philosophy. Religion is applied mythology. Votes: 0

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula. Votes: 0

..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton Votes: 0

The Indian mythology has a theory of cycles, that all progression is in the form of waves. Votes: 0

I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable. Votes: 0

Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable. Votes: 0

If we don't have a vigorous questioning, aggressive journalistic community and mythology, democracy itself is in great jeopardy. Votes: 0

In fact, the whole of mythology could be taken as a sort of projection of the collective unconscious Votes: 0

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical. Votes: 0

Ideology... is a kind of contemporary mythology, a realm which has purged itself of ambiguity and alternative possibility. Votes: 0

It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology. Votes: 0

I grew up being very interested in Greek mythology because my mum read to my sister and I. Votes: 0

I can't compare these movies (Vampire Academy/Twilight/Harry Potter). Every single one of them has their own mythology. Votes: 0

I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology. Votes: 0

You don't have to be a Fundamentalist Christian to be interested in the Bible. It's really a fascinating mythology. Votes: 0

The only question that matters with regard to a religion and its mythology is "What do these stories mean? Votes: 0

I think people should read fairy tales, because we're hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears. Votes: 0

I think people should read fairy tales, because were hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears. Votes: 0

My brothers were the ones who taught me about mythology and storytelling, and showed me how to do stop-motion animation. Votes: 0

That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history. Votes: 0

According to ancient mythology, trees link the Earth to the sky. In this respect trees link humans to another world. Votes: 0

I had auditioned for 'The Vampire Diaries' years ago before 'The Originals' happened, so I was familiar with that mythology. Votes: 0

All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent. Votes: 0

Today's religion will be the future's mythology. Both believed at one time by many; but proved wrong by the clever. Votes: 0

'Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies. Votes: 0

Every religion, every mythology is true in this sense: It is true as metaphorical of the human and cosmic mystery. Votes: 0

Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies. Votes: 0

There is a sort of mythology that grows up about what happened, which is different from what really did happen. Votes: 0

A philosophical mythology lies concealed in language, which breaks out again at every moment, no matter how cautious we may be. Votes: 0

That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop its mythology: America's Team, The Catch, The Frozen Tundra. Votes: 0

Love, love, love - all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures. Votes: 0

I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step. Votes: 0

Every new social structure strives to come up with some kind of mythology of divine origin for its values and aims. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science. Votes: 0

You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks. Votes: 0

It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward. Votes: 0

If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [ A Period of Transition ] is from the Daddy Cool school. Votes: 0

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently. Votes: 0

Only a few individuals succeed in throwing off mythology in a time of a certain intellectual supremacy--the mass never frees itself. Votes: 0

A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning. Votes: 0

To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies. Votes: 0

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race. Votes: 0

This will end the mythology of the dumb little Dutch boy with his stupid finger in the dike to save his country Votes: 0

The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin. Votes: 0

Institutionalised in sports, the military, acculturated sexuality, the history and mythology of heroism, violence is taught to boys until they becomes its advocates. Votes: 0

My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian mythology. Votes: 0

Writers cannot let themselves be servants of the official mythology. They have to, whatever the cost, say what truth they have to say. Votes: 0

There's something about Celtic mythology which is deep in the soul, and I just think that somehow she has tapped right into it. Votes: 0

I think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really important. Votes: 0

I'm interested in mythology generally, but India has no special place in my heart - although Hindu gods seem a lot more fun. Votes: 0

Anytime you start doing a comic book with mythology attached, people are like, "Are you going to get it right? It's important to me." Votes: 0

The whole mythology of Westeros begins with the struggle between the Children of the Forest and different warring factions before the first men arrive. Votes: 0

In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology Votes: 0

I've always hated superheroes. I cannot stand them. I love Norse mythology, but I hate superheroes. They ruined movies, then comics, and now games. Votes: 0

Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened. Votes: 0

The reason why the music [jazz] is important is because it's an art form-an ancient art form-that takes in the mythology of our people. Votes: 0

I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of 'The Hunger Games.' Votes: 0

I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that. Votes: 0

In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible. Votes: 0

If you hear an old parable and you don't believe it, it's mythology. If you hear an old parable and you believe it, it's religion. Votes: 0

With this particular series [The Cursed Wheel] I'm going farther in that direction than I've tried before in terms of the elasticity of the mythology. Votes: 0

I see the way I look upon organized religion, I was a victim of that of mythology, and of cruelty, and all the absurd stuff. Votes: 0

But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers. Votes: 0

Poetry, mythology, and religion represent the world as man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it. Votes: 0

It's not always the style of tattooing but the rather the subject matter that drives me. I love tattooing anything from mythology to comic book superheroes. Votes: 0

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own. Votes: 0

In Greek mythology, Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy, except - due to her rejection of Apollo's affections - nobody would ever believe her warnings. Votes: 0

The great universal literature has always had a tragic relation with freedom. The Greeks renounced absolute freedom and imposed order on chaotic mythology, like a tyrant. Votes: 0

Cooking is mythology - a story told over and over, passed on again and again, always with the same meaning but expressed in endlessly different ways. Votes: 0

Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's The Wicked + The Divine is a warp into the middle of a wildly imaginative mythology and I'm itching to read more. Votes: 0

I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in mythology inspire me, though I may not be conscious of it. Votes: 0

Folklore and mythology, as well as man's catastrophic disregard for nature, are the meat of Joseph D'Lacey's horror. But the prime cuts are always compassion and surprise. Votes: 0

It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it. Votes: 0

I'm from New Orleans. There's a lot of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to play one. Votes: 0

The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick' franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow. Votes: 0

A lot of ink is given over to mythologizing female friendships as curious, fragile relationships that are always intensely fraught. Stop reading writing that encourages this mythology. Votes: 0

Baseball is really two sports -- the summer game and the autumn game. One is the leisurely pastime of our national mythology. The other is not so gentle. Votes: 0

We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is] mythology rather than science. Votes: 0

NFL Films has had one continuous, creative vision for 47 years. These are timeless things; timeless stories that we capture just like people go back and read Greek mythology. Votes: 0

This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths. Votes: 0

Perhaps because of this, many have looked at my practice in terms of science and technology, however, for me it is just as informed by Surrealism and mythology. Votes: 0

I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore, I find that stories people told each other thousands of years ago are still relevant now. Votes: 0

I went to volcanoes where I knew that there was a lot of mythology around them; there was something like the creation of gods and monsters and demons. Votes: 0

There was this kind of mildly annoying mythology about conductor Like biker should riding a Harley-Davidson on an LP cover, and wearing a sort of a leather suit. Votes: 0

I definitely read a lot of books on the psychology and mythology behind fairy tales because I think that's really fascinating and there's a lot to draw on there. Votes: 0

MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later. Votes: 0

History, mythology, and folktales are filled with stories of people punished for saying the truth. Only the Fool, exempt from society's rules, is allowed to speak with complete freedom. Votes: 0

It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've always connected with it on some level. Votes: 0

I've loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence my style and my development of stories. Votes: 0

Star Wars' is mythology. It's like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. It's the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless. Votes: 0

Affairs are loaded with romanticism, morality, mythology, and intense emotions. They're not really about sex, but about pain and fear and the desire to feel alive. They're also about betrayal. Votes: 0

I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore. I find that, you know, stories people told each other thousands of years ago are still relevant now. Votes: 0

Star Wars is mythology. Its like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. Its the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless. Votes: 0

I think that in Sweden and a lot of European countries, there's this whole mythology of the wounded artist: that you can't really do any great art unless you're suffering. Votes: 0

I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner. Votes: 0

I would love to do more science fiction. I always envisioned the Riddick franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow. Votes: 0

I think of a myth as a story that helps you explain all the different pieces of your life. In that broad sense, there is no way to live without mythology. Votes: 0

We see the game as art as much as sport. That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop its mythology: America's Team, The Catch, The Frozen Tundra. Votes: 0

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on. Votes: 0

It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods. Votes: 0

Military mythology has to pretend that real men are in the majority; cowards can never be allowed to feel that they might be the normal ones and the heroes are insane. Votes: 0

That's the great thing about rock n' roll: the myth is ultimately more important than the reality. And that's what you learn - you just learn to go with the mythology. Votes: 0

To me, the difference between mythology and real history is that the real history has to tell a kind of believable story of how things happened. The physics has to work. Votes: 0

KGBeast starts chasing our heroes in a big way, and you get the return of an old character from the mythology that I think people will be really excited to see. Votes: 0

Christianity, contrasted with the Jewish system of emblems, is truth in the sense of reality, as substance is opposed to shadows, and, contrasted with heathen mythology, is truth as opposed to falsehood. Votes: 0

Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls. Votes: 0

In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand, and they are storming city council and county commissioner meetings. Votes: 0

You have the entire gamut of human experience captured in the mythology of the Yoruba. This is what makes the Yoruba mythology a natural source material for me in my creative endeavours. Votes: 0

the more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a body will wind up adding to the mythology. Votes: 0

Nepal is a beautiful country with a lot of holy places. I also like the country because it's close to the Himalayas. According to Hindu mythology, that's the abode of Lord Shiva. Votes: 0

In fact, the underlying principle of the baroque is the idea of transformation, of movement, and animals becoming man, and man becoming animals, and mythology. It was a way to inspire pre-Christian character. Votes: 0

My specialty is mythology.There are artifacts like the hallows scattered through just about every mythology.However, what makes the Celtic hallows so interesting is that they are a self-contained group of objects. Votes: 0

Beyond the mythology, Wonder Woman gets to play with several dichotomies. It's Amazon culture versus man's world; ancient mythological times versus the contemporary world; and, of course, all the male and female issues. Votes: 0

When I'm painting them, the whole legend and mythology of apples occurs to me, and so Adam and Eve and the snake and all the rest of it somehow gets into the picture. Votes: 0

[This kind of strange mythology about me.] I've pulled a huge steamboat over a mountain; I've done a feature film with all the actors acting under hypnosis - things that are very unusual. Votes: 0

One of the things that really intrigued us the most about the whole Wonder Woman mythology is the actual mythology of it. Her character has distinct roots in classic Greek mythology, in fact. Votes: 0

Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when I grew up. Then I realized I really just like stories. Votes: 0

The deeper I go into mythology, the more I find. I originally did five 'Percy Jackson' books. I thought that would cover Greek mythology and I couldn't have been more wrong. It's ever-expanding. Votes: 0

Women are not in control of their bodies; nature is. Ancient mythology, with its sinister archetypes of vampire and Gorgon, is more accurate than feminism about the power and terror of female sexuality. Votes: 0

Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls. Votes: 0

The mythology of the New Testament, also, is not to be questioned with respect to the content of its objectifying representations but with respect to the understanding of existence that expresses itself in them. Votes: 0

Memory in Greek mythology is the mother of the muses, and it is so for me. Both personal and societal memory move me strongly, and that is one of the sources of my writing. Votes: 0

It seems to me that nothing would be more foolish than to re-establish the worship of Wotan. Our old mythology ceased to be viable when Christianity implanted itself. Nothing dies unless it is moribund. Votes: 0

I've always been a mythology lover, and so I took a great deal of inspiration from the tales of various dark gods and popular versions of Hell from the Greeks and the Norse stories. Votes: 0

These are the beautiful people, who, befitting their rank as gods and goddesses of a powerful modern mythology, lead beautiful lives in beautiful houses, attired in beautiful clothes and, ostensibly, thinking only beautiful thoughts. Votes: 0

Drawing from art history and mythology allows me to connect with viewers in a familiar, yet loose visual framework. Blending disparate histories and themes can give the overall presentation a recognizable, yet unique flavor. Votes: 0

A lot of mythology arose after [Mahatma Gandhi] death. But the fact remains that he was an exceptional man, terribly intelligent, with tremendous intuition for people, and a great instinct for what was right. Votes: 0

In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique symbol - something strong. It's about going all the way. Votes: 0

and he imagines carsand rides them in his dreams,so lonely growing up amongthe imaginary automobilesand dead souls of Tarrytownto createout of his own imaginationthe beauty of his wildforebears - a mythology he cannot inherit. Votes: 0

Co-writing the 'True Blood' comic is a dream come true both as a performer on the show and as longtime comic fan. It's a real privilege to build on the rapidly growing 'True Blood' mythology. Votes: 0

I think the show [Grimm] became a little more procedural following the pilot, and I didn't know that would happen. Recently more of the mythology has crept in, and the characters are starting to bloom. Votes: 0

Research is always the best part. As we dug deeper into the history and mythology behind each of the hallows, we discovered more and more stories - some of them deserving of novels in themselves. Votes: 0

Even the greatest mathematicians, the ones that we would put into our mythology of great mathematicians, had to do a great deal of leg work in order to get to the solution in the end. Votes: 0

I love mythology, grew up loving it. I'm a middle kid, big family, that's the thing you did in the farm country. I lived in Iowa, I loved mythology. I don't know, we're like that. Votes: 0

The new mythology of love was that it bent to the fashion of the day, obligated to take the shape of doves, lilies, jewels. This is a lie. Love is sometimes as passionate as war. Votes: 0

When they first cast me, I was a pretty avid fan and vampire movies and Celtic mythology, so I was excited to get a chance to walk in Doyle's shoes and have fun with it. Votes: 0

In the true mythology, Love is an immortal child, and Beauty leads him as a guide; nor can we express a deeper sense than when we say, Beauty is the pilot of the young soul. Votes: 0

Courses in prosody, rhetoric and comparative philology would be required of all students, and every student would have to select three courses out of courses in mathematics, natural history, geology, meteorology, archaeology, mythology, liturgics, cooking. Votes: 0