One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else. Mrs. Humphrey Ward
One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else.MythQuotations by Mrs. Humphrey Ward
Month: November 2008
Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts. Salman Rushdie
Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.MythQuotations by Salman Rushdie
Myths which are believed in tend to become true. George Orwell
Myths which are believed in tend to become true.MythQuotations by George Orwell
It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths. Greil Marcus
It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.MythQuotations by Greil Marcus
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. James Feibleman
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.MythQuotations by James Feibleman
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. Joseph Campbell
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.MythQuotations by Joseph Campbell
Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion. Roland Barthes
Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.MythQuotations by Roland Barthes
All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country. Louis Claude de St. Martin
All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country.Mystics and MysticismQuotations by Louis Claude de St. Martin
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable. Arthur Schopenhauer
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.MysteryQuotations by Arthur Schopenhauer
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit. Antoine Rivarol
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.MysteryQuotations by Antoine Rivarol
Mystery is not profoundness. Charles Caleb Colton
Mystery is not profoundness.MysteryQuotations by Charles Caleb Colton
Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious. Thomas Carlyle
Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.MysteryQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil. Lord Byron
Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.MysteryQuotations by Lord Byron
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? Bertolt Brecht
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?MysteryQuotations by Bertolt Brecht
Mysteries are due to secrecy. Francis Bacon
Mysteries are due to secrecy.MysteryQuotations by Francis Bacon
A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors. Colin Wilson
A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.MusicQuotations by Colin Wilson
If one hears bad music, it is one’s duty to drown it by one’s conversation. Oscar Wilde
If one hears bad music, it is one’s duty to drown it by one’s conversation.MusicQuotations by Oscar Wilde
Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains. Paul Whiteman
Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.MusicQuotations by Paul Whiteman
There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry. Mark Twain
There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.MusicQuotations by Mark Twain
Music is the shorthand of emotion. Count Leo Tolstoy
Music is the shorthand of emotion.MusicQuotations by Count Leo Tolstoy
The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it. Henry David Thoreau
The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it.MusicQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet. Jeffrey Tate
The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.MusicQuotations by Jeffrey Tate
A good composer does not imitate; he steals. Igor Stravinsky
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.MusicQuotations by Igor Stravinsky
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end. Igor Stravinsky
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.MusicQuotations by Igor Stravinsky
I like Beethoven, especially the poems. Ringo Starr
I like Beethoven, especially the poems.MusicQuotations by Ringo Starr
Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good or bad to the deaf. Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza
Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good or bad to the deaf.MusicQuotations by Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza
Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains. John Philip Sousa
Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.MusicQuotations by John Philip Sousa
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.MusicQuotations by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned. George Bernard Shaw
Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.MusicQuotations by George Bernard Shaw
If music be the food of love; play on. William Shakespeare
If music be the food of love; play on.MusicQuotations by William Shakespeare
Is it not strange that sheep’s guts should hale souls out of men’s bodies? William Shakespeare
Is it not strange that sheep’s guts should hale souls out of men’s bodies?MusicQuotations by William Shakespeare
Music is the key to the female heart. Johann G. Seume
Music is the key to the female heart.MusicQuotations by Johann G. Seume
Music is essentially useless, as life is. George Santayana
Music is essentially useless, as life is.MusicQuotations by George Santayana
Give me a laundry list and I’ll set it to music. Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Give me a laundry list and I’ll set it to music.MusicQuotations by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Music should never be harmless. Robbie Robertson
Music should never be harmless.MusicQuotations by Robbie Robertson
If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing. Zimbabwe Proverb
If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.MusicQuotations by Zimbabwe Proverb
I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to. Elvis Presley
I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.MusicQuotations by Elvis Presley
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Plato
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.MusicQuotations by Plato
Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is. Samuel Pepys
Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.MusicQuotations by Samuel Pepys
You don’t need any brains to listen to music. Luciano Pavarotti
You don’t need any brains to listen to music.MusicQuotations by Luciano Pavarotti