Told Stories Quotes

29 quotes by 26 authors

I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was… — Maya Angelou
The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were… — Harry Crews
I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and… — Ben Okri
I've always said there are four words that every child in the world knows, and those are, "Tell me a story,." Even the people who… — Don Hewitt
My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of… — Paule Marshall
It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew… — Tobias Wolff
I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn… — J. Cole
When I was a little kid, I told stories. — Stephen Tobolowsky
From the beginning of time, we've told stories, Shamans and Medicine People, and not to be pompous about it, but I feel like that is… — Lynn Collins
From my childhood, I remember a tiny old woman named Mary, made pale and almost translucent by time. Mary's childhood memories extended back to the… — Charles Frazier
My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that. — Cornelia Funke
I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories. — Art Alexakis
Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet… — James McAvoy
And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we… — Alan Rickman
It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo. — Alan Rickman
Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night. We were waiting… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
After Iâ€™d told her â€“ the mall, the taxi, Cross stroking my hair â€“ she said, â€˜Did he kiss you?â€™ â€˜John and Martin totally would… — Curtis Sittenfeld
Chronicler picked up his pen, but before he could dip it, Kvothe held up a hand. "Let me say one thing before I start. I've… — Patrick Rothfuss
Bruno opened his eyes in wonder at the things he saw. In his imagination he had tough that all the huts were full of happy… — John Boyne
We live in a world where bad stories are told, stories that teach us life doesn't mean anything and that humanity has no great purpose.… — Donald Miller

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