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Telling Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- A universe whose only claim to be believed in rests on the validity of inference must not start telling us the inference is invalid.
- The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about.
- It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile, by secretly evoking…
- Every poet and musician and artist, but for grace, is drawn away from love of the things he tells to love of the telling...
- Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each…
- Child,' said the Lion, 'I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own.
- For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you're taught, just as English boys and girls are taught…
- We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It is not…
More Telling Quotes
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. — Chinua Achebe
- Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree;… — Jane Austen
- Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already… — Richard Bach
- The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy. — Michele Bachmann
- I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you… — Kevin Bacon
- Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent? — Dave Barry
- I'm not interested in breaking news. I'm interested in telling the story of what's going on and then trying to figure it… — Glenn Beck
- People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table. — Max Beerbohm
- I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to… — Adele
- I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but… — Kate Adie