They Told Quotes

192 They Told quotes by 162 unique authors

When I was in school the teachers told me practice makes perfect; then they told me nobody’s perfect so I stopped practicing. — Steven Wright
They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, to shoot low… — J. Michael Straczynski
Music, feelings of happiness, mythology, faces worn by time, certain twilights and certain places, want to tell us something, or they told us something that… — Jorge Luis Borges
During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me. Remarkably, according to what… — Alan Alda
I'm 17 years old. I'm not a straight-A student or anything. Even so, I figured out how to make an Internet that they can't wiretap.… — Cory Doctorow
...where were answers to the truly deep questions? Religion promised those, though always in vague terms, while retreating from one line in the sand to… — David Brin
They called themselves The Souls. They told Ms. Olinski that they were The Souls before they were a team, but she told them that they… — E L Konigsburg
...they told me of color, that it was an illusion of the eye, an event in the perceiver's mind, not in the object; they told… — Matthew Tobin Anderson
That is the fear: I have lost something important, and I cannot find it, and I need it. It is fear like if someone lost… — John Green
What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to? — Gabrielle Zevin
Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it… — John Patrick Shanley
The wood nymph instructors left me in the dust. They told me not to worry about it. They'd had centuries of practice running away from… — Rick Riordan
Didn't I tell you not to touch the Lamborghini? (Kyrian) (Hunter groused an instant before he cut the wheel and sent the vampire flying through… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Most eyes have more than one color, but usually they're related. Blue eyes may have two shades of blue, or blue and gray, or blue… — Elizabeth Moon
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked… — John Lennon
Yeah,there was a whole chapter on you in my eight grade History of Angels textbook," Miles said. Arriane clapped. "And they told me that book… — Lauren Kate
They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at -… — Tennessee Williams
But they told me a man should be faithful, and walk when not able, and fight till the end but I'm only Human. — Michael Jackson
For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located… — Sting
They've lied about everything.-about the fence, and the existence of Invalids, about a million other things besides. They told us the raids were carried out… — Lauren Oliver
I didn't want to see you." "They told me." "I was afraid that I'd still love you." "I hoped that you would. — Orson Scott Card
The girl wondered: These policemen... didn't they have families, too? Didn't they have children? Children they went home to? How could they treat children this… — Tatiana de Rosnay
Then they gave me a loaf of bread and told me to walk through the forest and give some to anyone who asked. I did… — Patricia C. Wrede
Everyone else we knew growing up is the same: image of their parents, no matter how loud they told themselves they'd be different — Tana French
We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom,… — Max Brooks

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