Telling Quotes

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Fatherhood is telling your daughter that Michael Jackson loves all his fans, but has special feelings for the ones who eat broccoli. — Bill Cosby
Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulneÂss while telling carefully constructeÂd lies, to hold simultaneoÂusly two opinions which cancelled out,… — George Orwell
Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm. — George Bernard Shaw
Customers are still setting the technology agenda. Not just you, our customers, but your customers as well. What more and more are telling you is… — Carly Fiorina
A traveling show visited a country town and one of the acts was advertised as a striptease. A small boy begged his mother for a… — Art Linkletter
Begin to act from your dominion. Declare the truth by telling yourself that there is nothing to be afraid of, that you no longer entertain… — Ernest Holmes
Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no… — Carlos Castaneda
The monetary managers are fond of telling us that they have substituted 'responsible money management' for the gold standard. But there is no historic record… — Henry Hazlitt
There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them. — Tim Robbins
Liberals love to say things like, "We're just asking everyone to pay their fair share." But government is not about asking. It is about telling.… — Thomas Sowell
I don't have an issue with what you do in the church but I'm going to be up in your face if you're going to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but a lawyer. — Abraham Lincoln
I think that our whole country needs to have more love and compassion for all children. All life is valuable and a gift from God.… — Kim Alexis
I am telling you to be a slow-speaking person. — Seneca the Younger
I don't think these women are stupid. I think they're selling a personality that's very marketable: Wouldn't it be fun if we were all gorgeous… — Reese Witherspoon
I know you're always supposed to want more of everything. But in truth, I'm having a nice ebb and flow of being in my daughter's… — Helen Hunt
I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my… — Amy Chua
Wear a gun to someone else's house, you're saying, 'I'll defend this home as if it were my own.' When your guests see you carry… — L. Neil Smith
Imitation is very easy, and the whole culture and society depends on imitation. Everybody is telling you how to behave, and whatsoever they are teaching… — Rajneesh

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