Elektra Marvel Quotes & Sayings

The myths," says Horace in his Ars Poetica, "have been invented by wise men to strengthen the laws and teach moral truths." While Horace endeavored to make clear the very spirit and essence of the ancient myths, Euhemerus pretended, on the contrary, that "myths were the legendary history of kings and heroes, transformed into gods by the admiration of the nations." It is the latter method which was inferentially followed by Christians when they agreed upon the acceptation of euhemerized patriarchs, and mistook them for men who had really lived. — H. P. Blavatsky

I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story. — David Levithan

Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental. — William Hogarth

Holy shit. I'm a Smurf. — Erica Cameron

I love to be challenged, and I'm never sitting comfortable in the mediocrity chair. — Jaime Camil

Remember, America ... not Wind like a watch, but Wind ... like the air ... — Frank Miller

Personal connections lead to assignments and promotions, so it needs to be okay for men and women to spend informal time together the same way men can. A senior man and a junior man at a bar is seen as mentoring. A senior man and a junior woman at a bar can also be mentoring ... but is looks like dating. — Sheryl Sandberg

I would like to have an ample fund to spread the light of Republicanism, but I am willing to undergo the disadvantage to make certain that in the future we shall reduce the power of money in politics for unworthy purposes. — William Howard Taft

In computer science, we stand on each other's feet. — Brian Reid

To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true ... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it. — Barry McGuire

Even if I could, I wouldn't want to undo the transformation of jazz into a sophisticated art music. — Terry Teachout

The things that really shake the human soul aren't beauty or kindness. Although such things are certainly moving, but those feelings don't last long. But ... anger or sadness are different. They leave an undelible mark. Even after the wound heals ... you can never forget the pain completely. — Fuyumi Soryo

Instant enlightenment is to give all your happiness away to others. — David Deida

My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the '50s and '60s and '70s. — John Cusack