Tale Quotes

724 Tale quotes by 523 unique authors

You have a natural tendency to want an emotionally satisfying tale - and to make investments based on that - despite times when the actual… — Barry Ritholtz
The three touchstones that woke Buddha up - sickness, old age, and death - are a pretty good place to start when crafting a tragic… — Paul Di Filippo
He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging at… — Ronald Steel
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and… — William Shakespeare
Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the… — Robert Falcon Scott
Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans… — Beau Bridges
Of an old tale which every schoolboy knows. — Unknown Author
Newton, of course, was the inventor of differential calculus so his place in the tale is quite special. — Kit Williams
And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings… — Ferdowsi
Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it… — Marie de France
As a little girl living in the English countryside, I used to go running around in the forests, creating my own fairy tale. — Lily Collins
Obama prefers to look forward, not back, as he has stated. So at least during his tenure, there will be no reliable record compiled as… — David K. Shipler
I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of… — Cameron Crowe
My life is a fairy tale. You could not make it up. — Elio Di Rupo
Seeing my parents makes me realise that life is not a fairy tale. — Mollie King
The idea that an author can extricate her or his own ongoing life experience from the tale being written is a conceit of very little… — Steven Erikson
Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or… — A. S. Byatt
I have a friend who tells a tale With statements parenthetical; To start at the beginning must To her seem quite heretical; For her accounts… — Unknown Author
LORE, n. Learning --particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or… — Ambrose Bierce

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