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Tell Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,…
- History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by language…
- Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.
- Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for…
- If you know you are right, stay the course even though the whole world seems to be against you and everyone you know questions your…
- Let a stoic open the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach themselves; that with the…
- Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
- I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
- Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always…
- Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.
- Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in…
- Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.
- Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly, so you should never miss the opportunity to tell these…
- Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to…
- I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
More Tell Quotes
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more… — Chinua Achebe
- What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them,… — Dave Attell
- I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and… — David Attenborough
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew… — Chinua Achebe
- A reader can never tell if it's a real thimble or an imaginary thimble, because by the time you're reading it, they're… — Margaret Atwood
- I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader.… — Margaret Atwood
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood
- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood
- 'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.' — Wystan Hugh Auden