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title: "10 World Telling Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 World Telling quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best World Telling sayings and thoughts."
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> [The worst thing in the world is telling yourself you can't do something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mitchell/the-worst-thing-in-the-world-is-telling-yourself-you-can-t-do/)

[Jason Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/jason-mitchell-16635_something_the-worst-thing-in-the-world-is-telling_2986120.jpg)

> [“In the history of the world, telling someone to ‘calm down’ has never done anything but piss them off more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-beth-durst/in-the-history-of-the-world-telling-someone-to-calm-down-has-never/)

[Sarah Beth Durst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-beth-durst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/sarah-beth-durst-10639_calm_in-the-history-of-the-world-telling-some_630071.jpg)

> [I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-randi/i-am-in-a-very-peculiar-business-i-travel-all-over-the-world-telling/)

[James Randi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-randi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/james-randi-12614_atheism_i-am-in-a-very-peculiar-business-i-trave_2119432.png)

> [“You'd better have a firm foundation when you go out into the world. There's no telling what you'll run into.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-b-ross/you-d-better-have-a-firm-foundation-when-you-go-out-into-the-world/)

[Ann B. Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-b-ross/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/ann-b-ross-39738_firm-foundation_you-d-better-have-a-firm-foundation-when_528918.png)

> [When all the world is telling you 'no', tell yourself 'yes' ten times louder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-all-the-world-is-telling-you-no-tell-yourself-yes-ten-times/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b5/anonymous-1_diplomat_when-all-the-world-is-telling-you-no-tel_2316569.jpg)

> [Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/humans-think-in-stories-and-we-try-to-make-sense-of-the-world-by/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/yuval-noah-harari-100_make_humans-think-in-stories-and-we-try-to-ma_461922.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)

> [Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and the world: telling stories is a universally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cavanaugh/storytellers-by-the-very-act-of-telling-communicate-a-radical/)

[Chris Cavanaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cavanaugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/chris-cavanaugh-227723_communicate_storytellers-by-the-very-act-of-telling_2863127.png)

> [“He has told me, “I am only telling you what no one else will,” but of course, he is telling me what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/he-has-told-me-i-am-only-telling-you-what-no-one-else-will-but-of/)

[Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfb/roxane-gay-520_telling_he-has-told-me-i-am-only-telling-you-wha_2063956.png)

> [The world has to tell us. In other words, we don't have an agenda or a battle plan or a map or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/the-world-has-to-tell-us-in-other-words-we-don-t-have-an-agenda-or-a/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/jerry-garcia-2346_agendas_the-world-has-to-tell-us-in-other-words_680005.jpg)

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