Quote by Anne Tyler Download Open image ““make myself count to ten before I speak to the”” — Anne Tyler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Tut, tut! I have often admonished my pupils to count ten before speaking. Were I you, Mr. Philander, I should count at least a… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Give me a number between one and ten.” “Two.” “Forget that, then. Between five and ten.” “Seven.” “That’s how many times you’re coming before… — C.D. Reiss Copy Share Image
“I concentrate intently on counting: hearing my voice break as the torment and torture builds; fingering myself intensely at his instruction. As we get… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way. — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
“I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the great and terrible ten, slamming me again and… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Pick a number between one to ten. Now, pick the number that you think I picked you to pick. ” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“As a little boy, when I would get angry, my mother would say, “Count to ten.” Try as I might, I could not make… — David W. Earle LPC Copy Share Image
None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. -… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to yourself. Which… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“You wake in the morning, you’re feeling fine, but all at once you think, “Something’s not right. Something’s off somewhere; what is it?” And… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“...that was Julian for you: reckless. A dashing sailor, a speedy driver, a frequenter of single bars, he was the kind of man who… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Disaster followed disaster... the hero stuck in there, though. Macon had long ago noticed that all adventure movies had the same moral: Perseverance pays.… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Justine hated pantsuits. Whenever she saw one, she had an urge to tell the owner some scandalous fortune, loudly enough to be heard everywhere:… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
