Telling Quotes

3439 Telling quotes by 2398 unique authors

My father had put these things on the table. I looked at him standing by the sink. He was washing his hands, splashing water on… — Jennifer Donnelly
In modern society most of us don't want to be in touch with ourselves; we want to be in touch with other things like religion,… — Nhat Hanh
Sorry, are you telling me that your demon-slaying buddies need to be driven to their next assignment with the forces of darkness by my mom? — Cassandra Clare
Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary,… — Mercedes Lackey
On the first day Coraline's family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was, and… — Neil Gaiman
I'm sick of people who've never been to church telling me that church is full of hypocrites, and people who've never read the Bible telling… — Kristin Chenoweth
Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them. — Rachel Maddow
Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel. — Dan Brown
Remember that every government service, every offer of government - financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom... In the days to… — Ronald Reagan
There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in life. A man… — Agatha Christie
Are you going to tell me what that was about?” Adam asked as we went back upstairs. “Sometime,” I told him. “When we're telling ghost… — Patricia Briggs
As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pretended she was telling me, too.… — Sarah Dessen
Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art. — Oscar Wilde
Who was I, really? I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian state, my own personal history rewritten to fit the story she was… — Janet Fitch
Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth. — Ursula K. Le Guin
You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take. The night before, I'd offered up my hand. Now, if I held on,… — Sarah Dessen
And telling a story, I suppose, is like winding a skein of spun yarn- you sometimes lose track of the beginning. — Edith Pattou
All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not… — Steve Harvey
Normally, as long as I'm telling him what to do, he wins in a fight. — Rick Riordan
....we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen. — Kathryn Stockett
I said you lie, knave!” shouted Beaumains, drawing his sword. “And for telling such craven falsehoods, you must die!” The knight looked plaintively at Roger.… — Gerald Morris
What a silly thing love is! It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything and it is always telling… — Oscar Wilde
According to Adams, Jefferson proposed that he, Adams, do the writing [pf the Declaration of Independence], but that he declined, telling Jefferson he must do… — David McCullough
We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It is not… — C.S. Lewis

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