Telling Quotes

3439 Telling quotes by 2398 unique authors

A tale, like the universe, they tell us, expands ceaselessly each time you examine it, until thereâ€™s finally no telling exactly where it begins, or… — Chang-Rae Lee
I watched him [a 'fat Russian agent'] with some interest, for it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was… — George Orwell
It's only afterwards that it becomes anything like a story at all. When you're telling it, to yourself or to someone else. — Margaret Atwood
Because Dickens and Dostoyevsky and Woody Guthrie were telling their stories much betterÂ than I ever could, I decided to stick to my own mind. — Bob Dylan
Hmm... That's like telling you about the cold of space, or terror of midnight. Sithis is all those things. He is... the Void. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story. — Maeve Binchy
It turns out I have clinical schizophrenia. The unborn chicken voices were telling me to kill my family. — Thom Yorke
I'm banned from Middlebrook elementary for telling dirty jokes to the janitor. The janitor! He cleans up dirt for a living. — Thom Yorke
We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are,… — Madeleine L'Engle
America is a nation of liars, and for that reason science fiction has a special claim to be our national literature, as the art form… — Thomas M. Disch
I was on my face. I heard the count from one to 10. I kept telling myself that I had to get up, but I… — Rocky Marciano
You know, when I'm playing, I think of myself in front of the Wailing Wall with a saxophone in my hands, and I'm davening, I'm… — Stan Getz
Telling the truth is always revolutionary — Antonio Gramsci
There was a time when women social activists asked men to stand up for their rights, but this time we will do it by ourselves.… — Malala Yousafzai
I always wanted to be a writer but everyone kept telling me it was impossible to break into the field or make money. I've proven… — Barbara Hambly
I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I'm coming out with something to try… — Liz Phair
It feels like the city is telling secrets down here, privy only to those who think to listen. — Gayle Forman
If I knew exactly what I know now and had it to do over, I'd be a switch hitter. No telling what I could have… — Hank Aaron
Acting coaches in Hollywood were always telling me to use my hands and body more. But that was never me. I just breathe and sometimes… — Perry Como
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. It… — Wangari Maathai

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