Quotes tagged ‘folklore’

“No matter what we do, evil in men always seems to return. Perhaps that evil would be easier to accept if we could blame it on werewolves.”

— David Coggeshall, Aaron Mahnke, Aaron Mahnke, imdb.com

“According to legend, one thing always gave a werewolf away. Werewolves didn't have tails ,because they were just men. Cursed me.”

— David Coggeshall, Aaron Mahnke, Aaron Mahnke, imdb.com

“Just because it's folklore doesn't mean we shouldn't listen.”

— Glen Morgan, Aaron Mahnke, Aaron Mahnke, imdb.com

“In ancient times people weren't just male or female, but one of three types: male/male, male/female, or female/female. In other words, each person was made out of the components of two people. Everyone was happy with this arrangement and never really gave it much thought. But then God took a knife a…”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“It was more than 150 years ago when a local fishing captain, Charles H. Pownall, fell in love with a mermaid in these very waters, enchanted by her beautiful siren song.”

— Eric Wald, Narrator, Jaedon Stewart, imdb.com

“The Mountain Man seems to be a confluence of several local legends. Some say he's part of the backwoods Appalachian population, others say he's a confederate holdout trying to start a second civil war to turn brother against brother. But the one thing they all could agree upon is that when you go in…”

— Breen Frazier, Dr. Spencer Reid, Matthew Gray Gubler, imdb.com

“Presently a serpent sought them out privately, and came to them walking upright, which was the way of serpents in those days. The serpent said the forbidden fruit would store their vacant minds with knowledge. So they ate it, which was quite natural, for man is so made that he eagerly wants to know;…”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com