Stories Quotes · Page 241

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.

— Jason Mraz

What I always do is go with the stories that put up the hair on the back of my neck or make…

— Beth Macy

Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.

— Simon Sinek

We all belong to an ancient identity. Stories are the rivers that take us there.

— Frank Delaney

I have the greater glory of God, the history is His story, that He is in charge and ultimately He knows what…

— Rick Warren

History is not what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago; it's a story about what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago.

— Lewis H. Lapham

I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them…

— Mark Mothersbaugh

The story of evolution unfolds with increasing levels of abstraction.

— Ray Kurzweil

A ghost story of which the scene is laid in the twelfth or thirteenth century may succeed in being romantic or poetical:…

— M. R. James

Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple…

— Matt Taibbi

You see a guy with one leg, he's got a story. "Land mine '69." You see a guy with one arm, he's…

— Dave Attell

Frankly, I'm mainly telling the story to myself. Thinking about audience is too daunting, and worst case, invites you to homogenize, to…

— Anna Quindlen

I think that there is a real beauty to the live aspect of the theater, and the working with a director for…

— Karen Allen

I really said, 'Okay, this is just the right job for me. This is really what I need to be doing: telling…

— Christopher Lennertz

It is incredibly daunting to take on a live-action story. I think that it adds a level of complexity to the responsibility…

— Christopher Meledandri

I don't think they knew exactly where they were going with the character, but they lay those stories out ahead of time,…

— David Selby

This is the premiere food symposium in the world. To quote you guys: 'Intended to invoke a sense of courage and urgency...Enabling…

— Roy Choi

So we must realize this: the suicidal framing story that dominates our world today has no power except the power we give…

— Anonymous

I employ case studies of failure into my courses, emphasizing that they teach us much more than studies of success. It is…

— Henry Petroski

Getting to play the part of Selena was life-changing for me, i got to immerse myself in her life, got to know…

— Jennifer Lopez

The Sundering is a world spanning event that creates ripples all across the Realms. The books in the series are connected in…

— Paul S. Kemp

You don't choose your themes; they choose you. The meaning of your stories will rise out of your deepest longings, often out…

— Marion Dane Bauer

Each week I pack my bag and travel the country, I go to people who write me and tell me their problems.…

— Mr. T

You've got all these characters and yet, you're hovering over one character like a fly over a stinky diaper. Realize that you've…

— Chuck Wendig

The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves.

— Mary Pope Osborne

I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida.

— Walter Legge

I try to tell the story about the song with the believability that I've lived it myself and I understand what it's…

— Tony Bennett

[FBI] philosophy is "Go ahead and make the story you want to make, and hopefully we'll love it." So that's that.

— Clint Eastwood

The goal of storytelling should be to make stories as ubiquitous as music.

— Malcolm Gladwell

My best stories come from well-placed sources who point me in the right direction.

— Wolf Blitzer

Everyone sleeps, except lovers, who stay awake, telling stories to God

— Rumi

Reincarnation is a story we tell; then in the end it's the story itself that is the reincarnation.

— Anonymous

Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.

— Dan Brown

The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.

— Barbara Corcoran

I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories.

— Jhumpa Lahiri

I cop a fair bit of flack for going from 'such a babe to such a boy'. I wanted to share (that)…

— Ruby Rose

There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place.

— Anonymous

There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story.

— Claudette Colvin

I only know one story. But oftentimes small pieces seem to be stories themselves.

— Patrick Rothfuss

There are no trifles in the human story, no trifling leaves on the tree.

— Victor Hugo