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title: "28 Stories Telling Quotes by 26 authors"
description: "Browse 28 Stories Telling quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Stories Telling sayings and thoughts."
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> [We are storied folk. Stories are what we are; telling and listening to stories is what we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-kleinman/we-are-storied-folk-stories-are-what-we-are-telling-and-listening-to/)

[Arthur Kleinman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-kleinman/)

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> [Above all things, I delight in listening to stories, and sometimes in telling them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/above-all-things-i-delight-in-listening-to-stories-and-sometimes-in/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [“You learn to tell stories by telling stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/you-learn-to-tell-stories-by-telling-stories/)

[Robert Rodríguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

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> [Film is all about telling stories, and telling stories is the thing that has pushed forward humanity from the beginning of storytelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-dacosta/film-is-all-about-telling-stories-and-telling-stories-is-the-thing/)

[Nia DaCosta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-dacosta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/nia-dacosta-7417_beginning_film-is-all-about-telling-stories-and-te_501844.jpg)

> [Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/memory-is-the-way-we-keep-telling-ourselves-our-stories-and-telling/)

[Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/)

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> [Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/awareness-is-the-key-do-we-see-the-stories-that-we-re-telling/)

[Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/)

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> [“Be careful the stories you're telling yourself about your current circumstances; a head full of negative thoughts has no space for positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-t-bennett/be-careful-the-stories-you-re-telling-yourself-about-your-current/)

[Roy T. Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-t-bennett/)

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> [I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harmon/i-don-t-think-it-s-going-to-be-possible-for-the-next-generation-of/)

[Dan Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harmon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/dan-harmon-7587_about_i-don-t-think-it-s-going-to-be-possible_2473178.jpg)

> [My favorite thing in the world is telling stories, and most of what I do is telling stories through music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-swift/my-favorite-thing-in-the-world-is-telling-stories-and-most-of-what-i/)

[Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-swift/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/taylor-swift-125_favorite-thing_my-favorite-thing-in-the-world-is-tellin_107341.jpg)

> [I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I've got no plans to stop doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-basche/i-love-telling-stories-telling-jokes-making-people-laugh-i-ve-got-no/)

[David Alan Basche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-basche/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/073/david-alan-basche-23480_doing_i-love-telling-stories-telling-jokes-mak_2383696.jpg)

> [For me, it's always about the work and the stories I'm telling and the slices of life I feel should be illuminated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teyonah-parris/for-me-it-s-always-about-the-work-and-the-stories-i-m-telling-and-the/)

[Teyonah Parris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teyonah-parris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/teyonah-parris-12195_always_for-me-it-s-always-about-the-work-and-th_1314570.jpg)

> [I think that stories, and the telling of stories, are the foundations of human communication and understanding. If children all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beeban-kidron/i-think-that-stories-and-the-telling-of-stories-are-the-foundations/)

[Beeban Kidron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beeban-kidron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/beeban-kidron-39670_asking_i-think-that-stories-and-the-telling-of_861705.png)

> [I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-page/i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-stories-and-telling-them-whether-it-was/)

[Ellen Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-page/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/ellen-page-2745_connections_i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-stories-and-te_270968.jpg)

> [What I love about the Bible is that it's a group of stories but it's all telling one main story. It's about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-diaz/what-i-love-about-the-bible-is-that-it-s-a-group-of-stories-but-it-s/)

[Matt Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-diaz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/matt-diaz-50791_bible_what-i-love-about-the-bible-is-that-it-s_263521.jpg)

> [And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/and-there-are-never-really-endings-happy-or-otherwise-things-keep/)

[Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/erin-morgenstern-806_blur_and-there-are-never-really-endings-happy_1013748.png)

> [There's a social and human necessity for some kind of continuity, but it's not axiomatic and not something you're born into; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/there-s-a-social-and-human-necessity-for-some-kind-of-continuity-but/)

[Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/)

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> [When women get together, they tell stories. This is how it has always been. Telling stories is our way of saying who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jalaja-bonheim/when-women-get-together-they-tell-stories-this-is-how-it-has-always/)

[Jalaja Bonheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jalaja-bonheim/)

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> [“Listening to stories and telling them helped our ancestors to live humanly—to be human. But somewhere along the way our ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/listening-to-stories-and-telling-them-helped-our-ancestors-to-live/)

[Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/)

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> [Marvel does a fantastic job about bringing human stories - because you're telling big stories with a heart at the centre of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-colter/marvel-does-a-fantastic-job-about-bringing-human-stories-because-you/)

[Mike Colter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-colter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/mike-colter-3338_about_marvel-does-a-fantastic-job-about-bringi_2220637.jpg)

> [Supernatural hasn't spent a lot of time on relationship stories, and this is a really nice mechanism to do that without imposing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-carver/supernatural-hasn-t-spent-a-lot-of-time-on-relationship-stories-and/)

[Jeremy Carver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-carver/)

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> [Children, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history. But man - let me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-swift/children-only-animals-live-entirely-in-the-here-and-now-only-nature/)

[Graham Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-swift/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/graham-swift-8547_animal_children-only-animals-live-entirely-in-t_2982811.jpg)

> [“The thing is, I don’t know if these stories he was telling were mine, or his, or someone else’s. You spend your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/the-thing-is-i-don-t-know-if-these-stories-he-was-telling-were-mine/)

[Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/alberto-manguel-2467_life_the-thing-is-i-don-t-know-if-these-stori_1433756.jpg)

> [“I had come to believe that there was something sacred in telling stories and telling them true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirby-larson/i-had-come-to-believe-that-there-was-something-sacred-in-telling/)

[Kirby Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirby-larson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/kirby-larson-15140_stories_i-had-come-to-believe-that-there-was-som_3219673.png)

> [I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. Ive got no plans to stop doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-alan-basche/i-love-telling-stories-telling-jokes-making-people-laugh-ive-got-no/)

[David Alan Basche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-alan-basche/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/david-alan-basche-23480_jokes_i-love-telling-stories-telling-jokes-mak_2261970.jpg)

> [I love hearing stories, telling stories, sharing stories. I've shared 37,000 on the Oprah show! Every day I was like the town crier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/i-love-hearing-stories-telling-stories-sharing-stories-i-ve-shared-37/)

[Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/)

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> [I wasn't sure how people were going to take to the stories I was telling and the things I wanted to sing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackson-harris/i-wasn-t-sure-how-people-were-going-to-take-to-the-stories-i-was/)

[Jackson Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackson-harris/)

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> [You have to be respectful of the stories you're telling. You can never use the real-world trauma as a sort of crass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-dacosta/you-have-to-be-respectful-of-the-stories-you-re-telling-you-can-never/)

[Nia DaCosta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-dacosta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/nia-dacosta-7417_entertainment_you-have-to-be-respectful-of-the-stories_147227.jpg)

> [My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-j-adams/my-dad-was-a-journalist-he-was-in-rwanda-right-after-the-genocide-in/)

[Patrick J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-j-adams/)

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