Quotes about Narrative
To be a Christian means you become a part of the most significant story the world has ever heard. You don't become part of that without an ongoing questioning of what it means to become part of that.
— Stanley Hauerwas
High malice is almost inherent in the profession of historian.
— David Starkey
The way I define 'intelligent design' is that when people started out, we wanted to make sense of the world we lived in, so we created stories about how things worked.
— George Lucas
The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. It begins, 'In the beginning God created Heaven.' If I had written these words, I wouldn't have written anything else; it's just enough.
— Elie Wiesel
The truth is, if what we choose to do with our lives won't make a story meaningful, it won't make a life meaningful either.
— Donald Miller
A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.
— CS Lewis
Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone to receive it.
— Max Lucado
Whether every story that's there [in the Bible] is a historic truth ... Again, I'm not concerned.
— Elie Wiesel
As human beings, the closest we can get to truth is through story.
— Madeleine L'Engle
A historian who would convey the truth has got to lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it.
— Mark Twain
I'm interested in storytelling. I love being an artist now and connecting through art.
— Nicole Kidman
I don't think action for action's sake is so fun, but when it helps tell the story, I love doing a good fight scene.
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt