“Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether…

“Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.” ~ Michael Shermer

Other Irrelevance Quotes

“A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.” ~ Manfred Eigen - View Quote Details on “A theory has only the alternative of being right or…
“Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it’s quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.” ~ Chris Van Allsburg - View Quote Details on “Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success…
“May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best - out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters.” ~ May Sarton - View Quote Details on “May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed,…
“A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of impertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noon-tide of our prosperity. He is known by his knock.” ~ Charles Lamb - View Quote Details on “A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature,…
“Only once it’s irrelevant can your appreciation for it be pure.” ~ Proverb, author unknown - View Quote Details on “Only once it’s irrelevant can your appreciation for it be…
“It’s irrelevant who or what directed a movie, the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don’t.” ~ Kathryn Bigelow - View Quote Details on “It’s irrelevant who or what directed a movie, the important…
“Unfortunately the more morbidly intense our inward contemplation of ourselves is, the more hollow and delusive we consider any temporary and apparently irrelevant diversion.” ~ Henry Hallam - View Quote Details on “Unfortunately the more morbidly intense our inward contemplation of ourselves…
“Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance.” ~ Janet Frame - View Quote Details on “Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to…
“Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass of artificial rules poorly conceived and often impossible to apply.” ~ Warren E. Burger - View Quote Details on “Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as…
“A few pen-and-ink sketches of scenery and character may not be irrelevant; as serving to mark, palpable contrasts between the past and present, country and town, nature and art, illiterate and literary society - man almost in a state of semi-barbarism, and man enlightened by art, science, and refinement.” ~ John Britton - View Quote Details on “A few pen-and-ink sketches of scenery and character may not…