“The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief”
Jacques Ellul
“Briefly leaving behind the molars and malocclusions to enter Yoknapatawpha County, the mythical realm of madmen and malingerers, drifters and grifters, funeral parties and lynch mobs.”
Samuel G. Freedman
“Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.”
Chris Van Allsburg
“Cardinal Keith O'Brien called on people to wear a cross every day and advertise a war mongering, racist, intolerant, money-grabbing cult, based on a mythical creature and ancient lies. I call on people to weigh-in their crosses and religious jewellery at a refinery, and donate the proceeds to their local hospital or a worthy cause. And to throw their Bibles, religious books and scriptures of deceit in the recycling bin.”
The Factologist
“She sounds extremely creative, in that she turned historical figures into mythical figures. Obviously, she's absorbing images and metaphors, and shows she's thinking. What more do we want a seven-year-old to do?”
Nikki Giovanni
“With its fine painting and its elaborate mural showing the mythic basis of kingship, the chamber has upended much of what we thought we knew about the early Maya.”
William Saturno
“Just from him doing the things that he knew how to do, moment to moment -- it's not some mythic figure. It's just a common, everyday man. And I think that's what people are connecting to.”
Don Cheadle
