Myth Quotations | Page 2

I write every day. Most weekdays, I write about ten hours a day. That doesn't mean eight hours of surfing the Net or watching videos on YouTube. I park my butt in a chair and write... I learned that writer's block is a myth created by people who don't have, or understand, a writing process.

When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.

When gossip grows old it becomes myth.

The AAA believes that people should be able to keep driving as long as they want to -- if they can do so safely. We need to move past the myth that an older driver is automatically an unsafe driver; it's not true.

I would love to be on 'Glee,' thus furthering the myth that I'm a gay man.

White people in this country are tweaked. We are raised to believe a myth of White superiority. Malcolm X, in The Autobiography of Malcolm X, said that White people's "belief that they are 'superior' in some way is so deeply rooted that these things are in the national White subconscious.

Without a doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built.

We have this romantic myth about having sex, and the minute things don't work like they used to, the tendency is to blame the partner. Couples shut down.

The problem that the unions have is that, if in any way they are seen to be threatening the Olympic Games, they will threaten the central myth about new London.

You have this 18-year old who is trying to figure out his life. But you also have these 40-year-olds who are trying to figure out their lives, and this whole myth of, 'Once I have a family, a house, a husband, this hole I felt will be filled up and I'll be OK,' ... At 40 they're, 'Wait a minute, it's not all OK, I still have all those problems. What do I do now?' And I'm really happy to have both of those problems and both of those ages in the same story.

When you're starting out, you basically have all these assumptions about what it means to be an artist or how to be a rock star. It took me years, through trial and error, to figure out what does work for me. So much of it is counter to the myth of the rock-star life.

This submission also perpetuates the myth that women should submit and be subservient to their husbands,

The data provides further evidence dispelling the myth that game playing is dominated by teens. It tells us that parents see games both as an enjoyable activity on their own and one that allows them to engage with their children as well.

the dangerous myth that nuclear energy is a clean alternative.

Western democracy has attacked everyone who does not share the vision of the sons of Zion as far as the myth of the Holocaust is concerned.

Alongside the mythos of the eternal free soul stands the Myth, the religion of the blood.

No myth dies harder, and none is more regularly debunked by the facts, than the one about international sports contributing to international friendship.

The evolutionary epic is ... the best myth we will ever have.

There are a lot of myths about gay people.

We must...forge partnerships with those around us, and begin to dismantle the myth of solitary perfection.

To live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing.

Magic is at the core of myths.

We're trying to debunk the myth that Orlando is just a teen heartthrob, ... We see this as the perfect blend of two of the biggest talents in the industry right now.

We're trying to debunk the myth that Orlando is just a teen heartthrob,

When we think of the myth of the settling of the West, this is our creation myth. But because we think of it as mythology, not as real people interacting with other real people, we ignore the cost of human lives and blood.

What this study really shows is that there's hope for curing congestion. Sometimes there seems to be this myth that we're just stuck and there's nothing we can do to improve it. If you focus on these choke points -- which are a significant cause of area-wide congestion -- unclog these bottlenecks you can see major benefits across the nation.

We tried to have a secure device, and that was a myth and a mistake.

We do ourselves a disservice when some of us cave to the myth that Social Security somehow drives the deficit.

To begin with, I want to tell a good story, a story that people will listen to and that they'll think this is true, even if it is a story that might be defined as - as myth or legend or even fanciful.

Both history and practices of 'the myth of empires' have demonstrated that the pre-emptive strategy will bring the Bush administration an outcome that it is most unwilling to see, that is, absolute insecurity of the 'American Empire' and its demise because of expansion it cannot cope with,

As to the myth about Fat Girls and certain abilities to achieve multiple...ummm...my only comment on THAT topic, having both thin and fat and, also, coincidently a girl...is that it most likely has to do with genetics. And praise the Goddess Aphrodite and her son Eros that I know all about those good genetics.

Control is a myth. Never give up your choice. Never buy into the myth of control. Never.

I started thinking about knighthood, and wondering why that period has an eternal fascination for us. Greek myth is laid in the Golden Age.

The right-wing has perpetuated the idea that people of color are overwhelmingly against marriage for same-sex couples - it is important that people see this for what it is - a half-baked myth that needs correcting. We are very pleased to have such strong coalition partners in this effort - together we can reach many communities who need to see that Marriage Equality Matters to people of color.

Saddam alone is to blame for his people's suffering. It is a myth that UN policy prevents the delivery of food and medicines. To export most goods to Iraq - including food, medicines, agricultural and educational equipment, and water and sanitation goods - it is simply necessary to notify the UN.

The myth that young people should leave the nest at 18, never to return, started with iconic American Benjamin Franklin.

The myth of the cease-fire ... has been destroyed by the admission of the Indian chief commander of the region that the Indian forces in Kashmir had fired on peaceful protesters,

The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar, peace, and victory - is in people's bones so deeply, we aren't even aware of it. You crush the opposition; that's how we bring peace.

The myth is that women and their families don't have to make trade-offs to have an 'extreme career'; they absolutely do. How you prioritize your life and career is your choice. Once you make a decision, stick to it; don't always second-guess yourself.

The myth is that IP rights are as important as our rights in castles, cars, and corn oil. IP is supposedly intended to encourage inventors and the investment needed to bring their products to the clinic and marketplace.

The myth historically has been that these are country club prisons where inmates go out to swimming pools and get their nails done, ... Nothing could be further from the truth.

The myth about Muslim tolerance needs to be exploded, Behead those who insult Islam.

The one line that connects it all is the theme of myth and resurrection.

The most we gained from it is seeing Kennedy. Not the physical part, but the myth part. It was a challenge for us. It's rare to go out and win a game like that, especially the first game. They came back and took the next two games from us.

'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.

That myth has been broken long ago, ... Everyone who follows the Olympics knows commercialism and corporate sponsorship is as much a part of the Olympics at this point as athletic competition. It is simply aesthetics, it is simply a veneer.

You might think, 'Is this the FBI that I've seen on TV?' The difference in the myth of the FBI and the reality of the FBI is as big as the Grand Canyon,

This campaign should end the myth that high-tech workers in the new economy do not want to seek representation on the job and that unions are irrelevant in the 21 st century.

Americans want and need passenger train service, ... They've demonstrated that by riding our trains wherever we operate them in large numbers. It is a myth that no one is interested in riding long-distance passenger trains.

There is not such a thing as a good hurricane, ... The second myth is that hurricanes travel in a straight line.

There's absolutely no truth whatsoever in the quota story, it's a myth created by some people,

There is this myth out there that says if you're involved in a catastrophic aircraft accident the odds are extremely low. That's inaccurate. The odds are extremely high.

There is this mythology that says that when people are born, their brains are essentially fixed very early on and they're not able to change their connections. I was aware that was a myth and that people could learn new skills.

There's an Inuit myth about the origin of the human race. There were two brothers, and the younger brother eventually gets changed into a woman. And that's how humans reproduced. And I thought, 'How could I really understand that?'

There's a myth that free-to-play is cheaper than a $60 game. It's just elastic. For some users, it winds up being a lot more expensive. I would have paid $150 a year to get a better version of FIFA.

There's a myth people have about New Orleans that make them fear to come, just like what happened in New York after 9/11. Everyone thinks the city is under water - when it's not - just like the media kept portraying the scene of NYC as that piece of skeleton steel rising out of the pit of the World Trade Center, when the simple message is that New Orleans, just like New York City, is ready, willing, and anxious for tourists to come back.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born -- that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

For me, As You Like It is like an ancient tale, it's like the myth of human existence, really. The myth of courtship, of love and of marriage.

It's become a legend in our house, it's hard to separate myth from reality about this tournament,

The big myth is that we want to make the best computer-animated movie in the world. And it's like, no. We want to make the best movie we can make.

The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 12 years old: it set my life on a different path. Next, I read 'The Lord of The Rings' trilogy, then 'The Silmarillion' and Homers 'The Odyssey' and every Greek/Roman/Viking myth book I could get my hands on. Pretty heavy reading for a 12 year old.

The biggest myth about aging is that we can't do anything about it. That it's a road to being decrepit, frail, and sick.

Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.

It's a myth to suggest it's just a monetary issue,

It's a myth that we roll the beaches up after Labor Day, ... We call it 'Super September.'

It's a myth that the movie business was booming during the Depression. For one thing, there wasn't as much repeat business back then. A movie came out, played theaters for a while and then that was it.

It's a myth that it's too late to get your return done.

It's a myth that Indians can't play fast bowling and also that England can't play spin bowling.

It's a myth that if you solve your problems you'll automatically be happy. We need to teach couples that they'll never solve most of their problems.

It's a myth for our times, ... You read about Fudge and the Ministry of Magic -- that's Tony Blair! And Guantanamo is not that different from Azkaban. There are Dementors there, too.

I want to dispel the myth that car crashes are accidents. Someone has to make a mistake.

It used to be that we thought we could have it all as women and I think we're realizing that's a myth for anybody, male or female, to think they can do it all.

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

There's this myth of the land being all wetlands. Everyone thinks it's going to be knee-deep in water.

There's this myth about the Federal Poverty Level, and that is such an antiquated measure of need. I think what's missed here are the working poor . . . these are good hardworking folks who just end up with more month than money.

There was a real conflation of hero and victim in the wake of 9/11, in our perverse desire to create a triumphant myth out of pure tragedy.

The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth that disabled people want to be other than what we are - that we'd like nothing more than to be 'allowed in' with the able-bodied competitors.

I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then.

I have rewritten Elizabethan history. The Virgin Queen was a myth created by the Tudor propaganda machine that was copied uncritically by the vast majority of historians in the following centuries.

I pretend to dance. I'm not a dancer. That all Spaniards dance naturally is something of a myth especially where I'm concerned.

In 'The Purity Myth,' I not only discuss what the purity myth is and reveal its consequences for women, but also outline a new way for us to think about young women as moral actors, one that doesn't include their bodies.

Because the purpose of these mandates is not to expose the myth of racial profiling, but is instead to serve the aims of anti-police advocates who want to undermine law-enforcement agencies from being able to do their jobs, I can't see where this can have a positive impact.

I don't really believe in the myth of being poor but happy. At the poorest times in my life, I wasn't happy. I was just hungry.

It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night.

Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths

There is no one religion, no one truth and no myth lacks meaning

Myth is the nothing that is all.

Poetry creates the myth, the prose writer draws its portrait.

I would be copping out if I stayed in the myth of the '60s.

Myth is very powerful and fiction is very powerful.

A myth is something that never was but that is always happening.

Walt Kelly was much more interested in allegory and politics, and I'm much more interested in metaphors and myth.

Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things.

Jackie Chan is a myth.

History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.

We're separated by our myths.

A myth is more powerful - and more lasting - than reality.

To explode a myth is accordingly not to deny the facts but to re-allocate them.

Myths often do a lot of theoretical good, while they are still new.

The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in.