Myth Theory Quotes

#1. Though [Charles Guignebert] could not accept either the Christ myth theory, which held that no historical Jesus existed, or the Dutch Radical denial that Paul authored any of the epistles, Guignebert took both quite seriously.

Robert M. Price

#2. Christian feminists can celebrate any sort of feminism that brings more justice and human flourishing to the world, no matter who is bringing it, since we recognize the hand of God in all that is good.

Sarah Bessey

#3. Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however.

Edd Roush

#4. In the science, Evolution is a theory about changes; in the myth it is a fact about improvements.

C.S. Lewis

#5. Evolution is the creation-myth of our age. By telling us our origin it shapes our views of what we are. It influences not just our thought, but our feelings and actions too, in a way which goes far beyond its official function as a biological theory.

Mary Midgley

#6. A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject.

Henri Matisse

#7. Relationships are like Whack-a-Mole. You squash one annoying deformity and another one pops up in no time.

Melissa Jensen

#8. When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted all physical explanation and descended into myth.

Epicurus

#9. We forget very easily what gives us pain.

Graham Greene

#10. And you?" she asked. "What happens to you in that scenario?" I die a little each day we're apart. "I ... get by. And I miss you, every day." Every hour, every minute ... every second.

S.C. Stephens

#11. What does the end of a war mean if not that one side ran out of men willing to die?

Daniel Alarcon

#12. You're just playing a role, whether it's a drama or a comedy. I find it really fun to sort of play opposite Uma.

Luke Wilson

#13. The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future.

Iris Murdoch

#14. I love the whole world of boxing and the sense of community that exists there.

Holt McCallany

#15. Historically speaking all - or very nearly all - scientific theories originate from myths.

Karl Popper

#16. Nowhere was Darwin able to point to one bona fide case of natural selection having actually generated evolutionary change in nature ... Ultimately, the Darwinian theory of evolution is no more nor less than the great cosmogenic myth of the twentieth century.

Michael Denton

#17. Propriety's never been Adrian's strong suit.

Richelle Mead

#18. Theory without data is myth: data without theory is madness.

Phil Zuckerman

#19. The study of human institutions is always a search for the most tolerable imperfections.

Richard A. Epstein

#20. We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.

Bob Goff

#21. The armored men counted to three, then burst inside the flat, shouting impressive things like "clear!" or "go go go!" as they did. Oda said, "Gum?"
"You chew gum?"
"No. but I always carry it, to use as barter when visiting prisons."
"Do you see how I'm not asking you?"
"Smart.

Kate Griffin

#22. The only law that means anything - that can have anything to do with God - is one that is alive and that strives for justice given the circumstances of the present. Otherwise, the law is merely something dead, a weapon in the hands of those with power. Against those with none.

Nafisa Haji

#23. It was only much later that he was made flesh and blood [in the Gospels] on paper. Thus Christ was created as a literary creation.

Paul Louis Couchoud