Telling Quotes

3439 Telling quotes by 2398 unique authors

People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are. — Max Barry
How do you do original work when culture is telling you which font face to use, which layout. — Bob Gill
Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great? — Kanye West
As a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told. — Rita Webb
Most people don't realize this, but you can eat organic, all natural, gluten-free food without telling everyone around you. — Chris Rock
Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the colors in the palette, that just kills creativity. — Jack White
I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know. — James Randi
Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process. — John Dewey
Telling is not selling. Only asking questions is selling. — Brian Tracy
I often feel like saying, when I hear the question 'People aren't ready,' that it's like telling a person who is trying to swim, 'Don't… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Contrary to what our brains are telling us, there's no mystical force that imbues a winner with a streak of luck, nor is there a… — Charles Seife
I remember facing him on opening day in 1987. It was Oakland at the Minnesota Twins, the first time I got him out on a… — Unknown Author
I might be in a bit of a Skoda garage rather than a Mercedes garage, but I am telling you some old bangers don't half… — Ian Holloway
We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth? — Jean Rostand
I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to… — Adam Carolla
People ask me why I work so hard and why I have this compassion to reach the top and be great. I respond by telling… — Robert Cheeke
Discipline is a difficult word for most of us. It conjures up images of somebody standing over you with a stick, telling you that you're… — Henepola Gunaratana
Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped… — Roy Blunt
The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom.… — Lance Ito
When I was with Ellen, I was telling people, If you come out, it's gonna be better for you. But I honestly don't know that. — Anne Heche
It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling… — Warren E. Burger
If your intuition is telling you not to do something, then don't. Your intuition is not stupid. — Martin Niemoller
So telling a lie becomes a sin if you tell it to take advantage of a person, but if you tell a lie to do… — Sun Myung Moon
The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing — Susan Howatch
I think human beings have a really broad spectrum of traits, and I almost feel implicated when we say, 'Men are like this, women are… — St. Vincent

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