Telling Quotes

3439 Telling quotes by 2398 unique authors

The biggest lie is the idea that we are entitled to a meaningful and coherent summarizing, a conclusion, of something which never concludes. In that… — David Milch
Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them… — Eugene Ormandy
This is the simple discovery which we must confront. We were given a place in the creation, with a beauty beyond telling, and we have… — Robert Jensen
I learned to stop being English about things like love. If you make a film in England about love, it's hugely complicated. It's all about… — Simon Beaufoy
Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to… — Bernie Siegel
God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. That’s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and writing songs that… — Andrew Peterson
One always imagines that the days that change one’s life must be marked with something extraordinary in nature—storms and lightning, darkness at noon, and so… — Margaret George
It's no wonder Michelle Obama is telling everybody you better breast-feed your baby-yeah, you better-because the price of milk is so high right now! — Sarah
The moments you are given are your true wealth. You don't need power, influence, or fame. The sunlight brings the power; the wind carries the… — Dawna Markova
Inexperienced fiction and creative nonfiction writers are often told to show, not tell - to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary - but it… — Laurie Alberts
Anyone who tells you they know the future is telling you the most grotesque lie, because none of us do, — Tim Waterstone
Someone once said to me, 'Are you telling me that chair isn't real, that it's only thought?' I said 'Of course the chair is real.… — Sydney Banks
I acknowledge Mike Leigh and Ken Loach. They are prostlytizers of English socialism preaching to the converted and telling us what we already know. Cinema… — Peter Greenaway
One is telling a story about old times when someone breaks in with a little detail that he happens to know, implying that one's own… — Sei Shonagon
We know they have nothing to do with Islam because our politicians keep telling us that, and they are all Islamic scholars. (They are, aren't… — Pat Condell
Here's to the good Nuns for telling me what books NOT to read! — Robert Anton Wilson
When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better. — Bell Hooks
If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how… — Byron Katie
I gather together the dreams, fantasies, experiences that preoccupied me as a girl, that stay with me and appear and reappear in different shapes and… — Bell Hooks
Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there'll always be better writers than you and there'll always be smarter writers than you.… — Neil Gaiman
The motivation for me, was them telling me what I could not be. — Pharrell Williams
You say you're worried about kids? I'm not worried about kids, I'm worried about grown ups... Children are not the problem here... We spend the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I elect to stay on the soil of which I was born and on the plot of ground which I have fairly bought and honestly… — Robert Purvis
Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions. — Winston Churchill
We are moving away from the old idea of leadership -- leadership has less to do (now) with heroism. We don't look for... unblemished omnipotent… — Walter Truett Anderson

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