Telling Us Quotes
128 quotes by 124 authors
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I'm not telling women to be like men. I'm telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without…
— Sheryl Sandberg
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When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
— Willie Stargell
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I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up…
— Jesse Ventura
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We all know that something is eternal. And it ain’t houses and it ain’t names, and it ain’t earth, and it ain’t even the stars…
— Thornton Wilder
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There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive"…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
— Sidney Sheldon
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It is difficult to see ourselves as we are. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have good friends, lovers or others who will do us…
— Jon Katz
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I have been criticized throughout the course of my career for placing too much faith in the reliability of children's narratives; but I have almost…
— Jonathan Kozol
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I"m often accused of being irreligious, and I suppose it's for this very reason. Whether it's Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other…
— Erwin McManus
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We were discussing a grisly double murder and Rodriguez was telling us all this in the same sort of conversational tone a person might use…
— Janet Evanovich
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Another thing I think about names is that they DO hurt. They hurt because we believe them. We think they are telling us something true…
— James Howe
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Why can't these American women stay in their own country? They are always telling us that it is the paradise for women. It is. That…
— Oscar Wilde
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Feminist,†he said, clearly amused. “Next you’ll be telling us you hate men.†She gave him a blank look. “I only hate stupid men who…
— Richelle Mead
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The Savior taught His disciples, 'For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Are you trying to weasel out of showing us any of this stuff?" said Zacharias Smith. "Here's an idea," said Ron loudly, "why don't you…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who would…
— Simone Elkeles
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I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first instant we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time,…
— Paulo Coelho
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Ach, people are always telling us not to do things" said Rob Anybody, "that's how we ken the most interesting things to do.
— Terry Pratchett
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Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they…
— Chogyam Trungpa
Who Wrote These Telling Us Quotes
124 authors contributed a total of 128 Telling Us Quotes, led by these top contributors: