Telling Quotes

3439 Telling quotes by 2398 unique authors

There is probably a smell of roasted chestnuts and other good comfortable things all the time, for we are telling Winter Stories - Ghost Stories,… — Charles Dickens
Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt himself… — Samuel Johnson
The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything. — Anton Chekhov
for Christ's sake, were the mountains blue, then chuck on some blue and don't go telling me that it was a blue a bit like… — Paul Gauguin
People have been telling me I'm a failure and that I'm doing it all wrong for 20 years now. Never trust anybody when they tell… — Kevin Smith
I'm a bit down. Liza Minelli and David Gest, I don't know how it didn't work out. How can a man who likes other men… — Jon Stewart
Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others youÂ’re better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys. — Simon Sinek
The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to put energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy. — Peter McWilliams
I get letters from people about my work. The thing that pleases me most is that my work touches their feelings. In fact, they don't… — Andrew Wyeth
It is an intimately communicative affair between the painter and his painting, a conversation back and forth, the painting telling the painter even as it… — Ben Shahn
Wait a minute! I'm not interested in agriculture. I want the military stuff. During a briefing military stuff in which officials began telling him about… — Sean William Scott
Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the established channels. They're… — Jack Welch
When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned… — Harri Holkeri
Basically, it's just fatigue, ... I've run out of gas a little bit. I've played a lot this summer, and the body's just telling me… — Greg Rusedski
Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian… — Fred Thompson
The fantasist in whom the reality barrier has broken down is unreliable, believing things when he should not, and telling things as true when they… — Simon Blackburn
I was motivating him every time. When it was break point I was telling him 'hit a good return because you know you are gonna… — Jelena Jankovic
But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. (telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books — Steve Spurrier
Yeah, I know he discovered the West Indies; it wasn't America. But the whole thing with Columbus was that people had been telling him, 'Don't… — Bill Cowher
O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat. — Arthur Quiller-Couch
The only time anyone's admitted they were a Christian before was when they were busy telling me why they're better than me. — R. K. Milholland
A lot of fishermen are telling us they like things the way they are. They aren't pushing for the change. It's part of the conservation… — Larry J. McKinney
Rather than saying people aren't interested when things don't take off, you should take it on yourself to say, 'I'm not doing a great job… — Eli Pariser
We spend a great deal of time telling God what we think should be done, and not enough time waiting in the stillness for God… — Peace Pilgrim
An open marriage is nature's way of telling you that you need a divorce. — Ann Landers

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