Quotes about Myths

"I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact."
-Claude Levi strauss

"I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there."
-Madeleine Albright

"One of the myths of housing assistance is that most people aren't working. Most people are working two to three jobs."
-Candy Capogrossi

"It is also a good opportunity to dispel some of the myths like we are always under snow, or that we are still bartering."
-Jan Cheek

"The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind."
-Mary Ritter Beard

"We should build our relations honestly, on mutually beneficial conditions, and not base them on myths and manipulations, as Lukashenko does."
-Alexander Milinkevich

"They felt a lot of Garbo myths were wrong. It was unfair to her they hadn't been corrected. It would have been very interesting to do a documentary with the family alone."
-Kevin Brownlow

"Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment."
-William J. Brennan, Jr.

"There goes another excuse to not exercise that we can't use anymore ... What's left? I think all the myths about what's bad about exercise have now been debunked. There are no more excuses. Exercise is good for our general health, and if we know what's good for us, we should get out there and exercise."
-Michael Watkins

"These myths have crept in the public discussion about FAA funding and they have gained undeserved credibility."
-Jack Pelton

"There are some women who are embarrassed and don't want to talk about it. It is the butt of a lot of jokes, most based on myths."
-Pamela Boggs

"Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths."
-Karl Popper

"Like all good myths, just because we disproved it doesn't mean that people will not believe it, ... A good story is a good story even if it isn't true."
-Peter Rees

"It's more awareness of the staff and within the community. Sometimes, (organ donation) has a kind of Frankenstein-ish image to it. We try to dispel those myths about it."
-Helen Marshall

"Great cultural myths deserve to be added to. We've done this throughout time immemorial, starting with the Greeks."
-Michael Walsh

"I hope his testimony does not create myths around HIV. These are indeed myths."
-Nathan Geffen

"There are so many negative myths about black male athletes, myths that I have personally committed myself to eradicating. But all of my actions will never carry the media clout or have the domino effect of one of Mike Tyson's misdeeds."
-Reggie Williams

"We have built up many myths and one of the myths that we have built up is that saturated fat is bad for us and that?s not true."
-Paul Buck

"There's a lot of fear. Sometimes that old collection of myths and stories about what a Pagan is just stands in the way."
-Amanda Zuke

"We want to eliminate the myths about hiring people with disabilities."
-Ted Morgan