National Myth Quotes

#1. There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.

Edward Zwick

#2. When western books are set in the present, critics seldom call them westerns: the national myth allows the West only a past.

Gerald W. Haslam

#3. Then you will become a man of firm will (note 19).

Swami Vivekananda

#4. It's all about perspective. The sinking of the Titanic was a miracle to the lobsters in the ship's kitchen. (Oct 4, 2011)

Wynne McLaughlin

#5. So long as the majority of Canadians have two countries, one here and one in Europe, national unity will remain a myth and a constant source of internecine quarrels.

Henri Bourassa

#6. I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.

Herman Melville

#7. I just want to be who I am, as I am.

Spike Jonze

#8. I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.

Bette Midler

#9. I have swum against the stream all my life. It's not something I feel uncomfortable with. Is it difficult? Is it unpleasant? You bet.

Brian De Palma

#10. If you are human, there is no hope.

Rick Yancey

#11. Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full height to proclaim The strength of Collective Man, Each language pours its vain Competitive excuse.

W. H. Auden

#12. Her throat and eyes ached. No, everything was not all right. I don't want to be a monster.

Wendy Knight

#13. Let there be learning, even under the shade of trees.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

#14. As a myth of national purpose and as a program for individual conduct, the simple life has, in a sense, served as the nation's conscience, reminding Americans of what the founders had hoped they would be and thereby providing a vivifying counterpoint to the excesses of materialist individualism.

David Shi

#15. Defiance. He swallowed. It wasn't enough for him - not anymore. He wanted to be more than her defiance. He wanted to be her strength, her amusement. He wanted to be her lover. He wanted to be her every wicked desire and her safe haven, all at once.

Courtney Milan

#16. Businesses are no longer receiving the cost savings from outsourcing that they once did.

Gerald Chertavian

#17. Odysseus managed to return in secret and slaughter them all - your basic happy homecoming.

Rick Riordan

#18. Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all true art ... It is a privilege to be alive in this time when we can choose to take part in the self-healing of our world.

Joanna Macy