#mythology

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

#flourishing #greeks #grew #hollywood #most

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature. ↗

— Madeline Miller

#war #change

Did you recently turn into a jerk or have you been one since birth? ↗

— Priya Ardis

#coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales #merlin

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. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#india #ireland #laws #life #mythology

Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology. ↗

— Richard King

#many #mythology #other #religious #teachings

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

— Richard King

#basing #christianity #conspiracies #folklore #government

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. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#been #executive #greek #greek mythology #hard

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. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#art #bible #education #in other words #language

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

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#because #christianity #grotesque #more #mystical

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. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#did #everything #family #gets #gods