Telling Quotes

3439 Telling quotes by 2398 unique authors

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories. — Matt Groening
When there's so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you've already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good… — Dave Grohl
I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am… — Ursula K. Le Guin
This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad. — Gail Collins
It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things. — Billy Connolly
Oh, I love to lie. That's one of my favorite things in the world, coming up to somebody, especially press people, and telling them some… — Alice Cooper
I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories. — Francis Ford Coppola
You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is different. That's one of the reasons George Lucas never directed… — Francis Ford Coppola
Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as… — Bill Cosby
I'm telling you, until I shaved my head, I never realized how much heat is lost through the top of the head. I walk out… — Bryan Cranston
I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why… — Simon Cowell
Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly,… — Wayne Coyne
I'm a layperson. I barely got out of high school. I have no business telling people what to do or my big philosophy on life.… — Jamie Lee Curtis
Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of going against the… — John Cusack
My mom is always telling me it takes a long time to get to the top, but a short time to get to the bottom. — Miley Cyrus
If I owned a network, I would never let a guy just put people on without telling me who they are. — Louis C. K.
The only pitch I have to movie people is the same as this one: Just give me $8 million. I'm not telling you what it's… — Louis C. K.
When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering. — W. Edwards Deming
When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth. — Elmer Davis
I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried to molest me.… — Jonathan Davis
The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling… — Howard Dean
As Commander in Chief of the United States Military, I will never send our sons and daughters and our brothers and sisters to die in… — Howard Dean
Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to… — Cameron Diaz
I seem to enjoy telling stories with a central absence, with a lacuna tunnelled into them. — Junot Diaz
We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down… — Phyllis Diller

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