Tale Quotes

724 Tale quotes by 523 unique authors

The Lewis and Clark tale has all the all the elements that one would want to put into a movie. It has the, continual threat… — William Least Heat-Moon
Perhaps no American family-with the possible exception of the Adams family-has had a more vivid and powerful impact on the life of their times. But… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
I think Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan are living in a fairly tale land on their energy policy. — Ken Salazar
Most of the auditions I went on, I passed up the projects because I just wasn't interested. When I read A Knight's Tale, that was… — Shannyn Sossamon
I'm so excited to see 'Horns' because it's so many different genres in one film. It's a sci-fi, it's a love story, it's a horror… — Juno Temple
Pied Piper' came to me all at once; I wanted to do a fairy-tale movie with some edge, but not 'dark,' per se. — Max Landis
Pretty much anything you care to imagine can happen in a fantasy, which in turn means you can really crank up the intensity of the… — Richard K. Morgan
And now, I'm a best selling author, a different sort of fairy tale that I still sometimes wonder when I'll wake up from. — Erin Morgenstern
The eyes are the pioneers that first announce the soft tale of love. — Propertius
The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for… — Fran Tarkenton
There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. — Diane Arbus
What so tedious as a twice-told tale? — Homer
For those who immerse themselves in what the fairy tale has to communicate, it becomes a deep, quiet pool which at first seems to reflect… — Bruno Bettelheim
The minute that you bring a unicorn into a story, you know that it's a fairy tale or a fable, because unicorns don't exist as… — Gloria Vanderbilt
People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale, we… — Dan Chaon
My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport. — Joan Chen
Cutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin brothers. It is beautifully conceived… — Richard Selzer
I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really. — Jennifer Ellison
Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence. — Caitlin Flanagan
If I could read your mind, what a tale your thoughts could tell. Just like a paperback novel, the kind that drugstores sell. — Gordon Lightfoot
If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale. — Tom Petty
The history of life is a tale of decimation and later stabilization of few surviving anatomies, not a story of steady expansion and progress. — Stephen Jay Gould
I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
As an audience member, those studio films are fun. I like an adventure tale, and I also like to go see something that has more… — Michael Fassbender
I dream of working with iconic directors such as Tim Burton, Baz Luhrmann, Terry Gilliam and Wes Anderson - so I'm setting my sights pretty… — Dree Hemingway

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