(117 quotes found)
“Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.”
James Earl Jones
“Institutionalised in sports, the military, acculturated sexuality, the history and mythology of heroism, violence is taught to boys until they becomes its advocates”
Charles Dickens
“God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”
Voltaire
“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.”
Thomas Paine
“That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history.”
Thomas Howard
“Apollo, Athena, these are characters out of Greek mythology-we used a lot of the Egyptian mythology, as well. And we tapped into the premise of, you know, Who is mankind? Where did we evolve from?”
Richard Hatch
“I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology.”
George Lucas
“The Search For The Giant Squid: An authoritative look at the biology and mythology of the world's most elusive sea creature.”
Richard Ellis
“To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies.”
Richard King
“Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology.”
