“It is time to lay to rest the myth of the born criminal, for it is a myth that has been barren of any positive fruit.”— Freda Adler
“They have created a myth in the name of the Holocaust and consider it above God, religion and the prophets.”— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“The notion that the mainstream media is liberal is a myth that is perpetuated by the right wing.”— Eric Alterman
“He was a mythmaker of prodigious talent. And after a hundred years the myths he created are still an energizing force.”— Fawn M. Brodie
“The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”— Andrew J. Bacevich
“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”— Warren G. Bennis
“The myth of scientific purity, of research conducted for the sole purpose of plumbing the secrets of nature, has been so thoroughly enshrined that to challenge it is to question motherhood and the flag.”— Daniel S. Greenberg
“Plato's story is not, as has been fondly believed, a mere fable, but a veritable history.”— Ignatius L. Donnelly
“The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief.”— Jacques Ellul