Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion. Votes: 3
Fran LebowitzA whispering and watery Norfolk sound Telling of all the moonlit reeds around. Votes: 3
John BetjemanTelling everyone I wanted to go into forensic anthropology was my form of rebellion. Votes: 3
Bryce Dallas HowardTelling Phil Hellmuth a bad beat story, is like telling Joan Rivers a Botox Story Votes: 3
Norman ChadTelling the community a serial killer is out there stirs up a lot of unpleasant attention. Votes: 3
Pat BrownManagement is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. Votes: 2
Tom PetersHonesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. Votes: 2
James E. FaustBeing cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do. Votes: 2
Vanessa HudgensI love telling good stories and I love playing powerful, strong women. Votes: 0
Yvette Gonzalez-NacerAll photographers have to do, is find and catch the story-telling moment. Votes: 0
Alfred EisenstaedtI like telling stories of imperfect people because most people are imperfect. Votes: 0
David S. GoyerThe simple definition of evangelism: Those who know, telling those who don't. Votes: 0
Leith AndersonAutobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people. Votes: 0
Philip GuedallaThe problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated. Votes: 0
Salman RushdieIn nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth. Votes: 0
Peter MatthiessenThere are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously. Votes: 0
Thomas SowellEach person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living. Votes: 0
William Throsby BridgesThe great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. Votes: 0
Dorothy L. SayersEvangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find the bread. Votes: 0
Daniel Thambyrajah NilesWhen a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering. Votes: 0
W. Edwards DemingIt doesn't matter what story we're telling, we're telling the story of family. Votes: 0
Erica Lorraine ScheidtHis whole personality was like an elaborate joke that he never stopped telling. Votes: 0
Lev GrossmanThere's precious little comes of telling people what they don't want to hear ... Votes: 0
Martha OstensoThe solemn pledge to abstain from telling the truth was called socialist realism. Votes: 0
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynActing and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story. Votes: 0
Jackie EvanchoLocal television and local TV news isn't telling the voters about local candidates. Votes: 0
Reed HundtThe most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that. Votes: 0
David SoulWe are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination. Votes: 0
Muammar al-GaddafiI'm interested in telling the character's story, not my beliefs, political or otherwise. Votes: 0
Sarah PaulsonThe more personal you get, the more universal a story you end up telling. Votes: 0
Francesca GregoriniMy father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother. Votes: 0
Broderick CrawfordI could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth. Votes: 0
Jesse VenturaWhat I'm telling you is there's too many junk lawsuits suing too many doctors. Votes: 0
George W. BushI take work very seriously and telling the truth in my job and professionalism. Votes: 0
Brittany MurphyThe dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals. Votes: 0
Kit WilliamsIt's scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are. Votes: 0
Eric Jerome DickeyNo story is worth telling without the twists and turns. Make them count instead. Votes: 0
Charlotte ErikssonI have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth. Votes: 0
Otto von BismarckAnyone who is friends with Bill Clinton shouldn't be telling their wife about it. Votes: 0
Chelsea HandlerWhen you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts. Votes: 0
Larry Ellisonthere are things some people can never understand.there's no point to telling them. Votes: 0
Chetan BhagatAbove all things, I delight in listening to stories, and sometimes in telling them. Votes: 0
George MacDonaldThis was what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around & telling stories. Votes: 0
John GreenYou have to appreciate the readers, without them there are no stories worth telling. Votes: 0
Andrew LennonI'll always remember taking your hand and telling you that everything would be okay. Votes: 0
Elizabeth ScottThere are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously. Votes: 0
Thomas SowellHonesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth. Votes: 0
Ken BlanchardMy function as a writer is not story-telling but truth-telling: to make things plain. Votes: 0
Laura RidingI'm always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women. Votes: 0
Azzedine Alaia....we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen. Votes: 0
Kathryn StockettIt's emotional warfare telling the people we love, the most, the truth about ourselves. Votes: 0
Lauryn HillAlways remember, it's simply not an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons. Votes: 0
Sarah Ban BreathnachI got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it. Votes: 0
Edgar Rice BurroughsIf you have something to say and say nothing, you are really telling a lie. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantI think that whenever a book is not a challenge, I'm telling the wrong story. Votes: 0
Maggie StiefvaterI'm just grateful to finally be telling a story with all females at the lead. Votes: 0
Brian K. VaughanI love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music. Votes: 0
Anthony DavisPoetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. Votes: 0
Carl SandburgI'm so far gone that I'm telling the truth. It sounds like a foreign language. Votes: 0
Richard PeckTrust me, I'm telling you stories. ... I can change the story. I am the story. Votes: 0
Jeanette WintersonI'm telling you right now, you'll drop dead if you prohibit what God is doing! Votes: 0
Rodney Howard-BrowneJust as with the quartet, each part of a painting is telling a different story. Votes: 0
Guido MolinariTrust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear. Votes: 0
Simon SinekWhen you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story. Votes: 0
Joshua BellWhat is that *smell*?"Eliot shook his head. "I keep telling you, it's fresh air. Votes: 0
Keith R.A. DeCandidoIt is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Votes: 0
AristotleDrag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find. Votes: 0
James CarvilleThere are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite. Votes: 0
Carlos Ruiz ZafonIf Mozart had power tools, there's no telling how great his music might have been. Votes: 0
Dave BarryThat's my attitude on the military. I don't like telling the enemy what I'm doing. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpPretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children. Votes: 0
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.The one prediction that never comes true is, 'You'll thank me for telling you this. Votes: 0
Judith MartinThe most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story. Votes: 0
Maeve BinchyExperts have their expert fun ex cathedra telling one just how nothing can be done. Votes: 0
Piet Pieterszoon HeinThe government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy. Votes: 0
Michele BachmannWhen modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had. Votes: 0
Howard NemerovFuturology always ends up telling you more about your own time than about the future. Votes: 0
Matt RidleyYour unhappiness is a way of speaking to you, it's telling you something isn't right. Votes: 0
Robert GreeneThe English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. Votes: 0
Malcolm BradburyAll stories are born out of illusion, but that doesn't mean they're not worth telling. Votes: 0
Eric Micha'el LeventhalThe act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation. Votes: 0
Francisco GoyaYou know, I'm really not interested in someone telling me that something's good or bad. Votes: 0
John MalkovichOne must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. Votes: 0
RamakrishnaPeople who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table. Votes: 0
Max BeerbohmPresident Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks. Votes: 0
Al SharptonMark Twain had a way of telling stories that shifts your consciousness away from labels. Votes: 0
Val KilmerIntegrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. Votes: 0
Spencer JohnsonEveryone's just telling me that there's this rumor going around that I'm dying of cancer Votes: 0
Kyle MasseyMark Twain had a way of telling stories that shifts your consciousness away from labels." Votes: 0
Val KilmerI think, for me, I have to remember that I'm telling a story in some way. Votes: 0
Kristin ChenowethI can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some. Votes: 0
Matthew MacfadyenWould you please do me the honor of telling me WHAT THE BLAZES IS GOING ON? Votes: 0
Kristin CashoreGovernment has no place telling you who to fall in love with and who to marry. Votes: 0
Jesse VenturaI don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. Votes: 0
Ian SomerhalderI learned early on that there are all sorts of stories I have no place telling. Votes: 0
Peter HedgesPraying is not telling God what to do. It's trusting that God knows what to do. Votes: 0
Stormie OmartianGirls are telling me to take my shirt off. It's like, 'Hello! I'm a person, too! Votes: 0
Alex MerazFor me, the act of telling the story and showing it to somebody is almost gravy. Votes: 0
Joss WhedonThere is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland. Votes: 0
George W. BushShow as much interest in what your children tell you as they have in telling you. Votes: 0
Wes FeslerO pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat. Votes: 0
Arthur Quiller-CouchSome people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case. Votes: 0
John Shelby SpongIâm telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world. Votes: 0
Chris CleaveI kept telling myself that all the women in the world weren´t whores, just mine. Votes: 0
Charles BukowskiI'm eccentric, what else? I don't know, I've got two people telling me what to say. Votes: 0
Lee RyanWhen you hide another story in a story, that's the story I am telling the children. Votes: 0
Maurice SendakI love the adventure of telling all types of stories and trying to conquer each one. Votes: 0
Jon M. Chu...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them. Votes: 0
Gabrielle ZevinYou know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.' Votes: 0
Bill HaderWhen you have fans telling you their stories it makes you feel like you're not alone. Votes: 0
Tristan PrettymanIt's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly. Votes: 0
Lynn DaviesThe brain stays up all night telling stories while we sleep. We just call them dreams. Votes: 0
Jonathan GottschallThink positive, and don't listen to anyone telling you 'you can't.' You can. Trust me. Votes: 0
Gregg SulkinThe telling of a good story, especially one that is real and true, is always exciting. Votes: 0
Aeriel MirandaYou can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling. Votes: 0
Norman MailerEverybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell. Votes: 0
Keith RichardsWriting is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories. Votes: 0
Ruth OzekiProgramming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do. Votes: 0
Donald KnuthHumor is an attitude, a survivor's way of looking at life. It's not about telling jokes. Votes: 0
Michael ShurtleffIt's dark already and I'm out here again, talking, telling the story to the quiet night. Votes: 0
Tim WintonBeer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinThe body is telling the mind to stop. The mind is telling the body to shut up. Votes: 0
Lance ArmstrongI don't want to sound like some grumpy old man telling you to get off my lawn. Votes: 0
Michael WilbonIt's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit. Votes: 0
Olivier MartinezIf the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it. Votes: 0
Frederick BuechnerPeople are telling me I might be going back to MotoGP, but a rumour is a rumour. Votes: 0
Casey StonerDon't thank me for telling the truth when it would have been mercy to lie to you. Votes: 0
Marissa MeyerGirls are telling me to take my shirt off. It's like, 'Hello! I'm a person, too!' Votes: 0
Alex MerazWorse than telling a lie is spending the rest of your life staying true to a lie. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultRain is Nature's way of telling us to go slowly because the roads will soon be wet. Votes: 0
Hermester BarringtonWhen people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are. Votes: 0
Cary GrantCensorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. Votes: 0
Mark TwainYou know, with your money and my brains, I mean, there's no telling how far we'd go. Votes: 0
Warren BuffettWe often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. Votes: 0
Lucius Annaeus SenecaWe often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerI sometimes think that being widowed is God's way of telling you to come off the Pill. Votes: 0
Victoria WoodWhile everyone else was saying Trick or Treat my dad was telling us to say Triki Tras. Votes: 0
Felipe EsparzaI think not many young people are willing to pay the price of telling their own story. Votes: 0
Haile GerimaShe crushed it, telling herself she was going to add Big in front of her Idiot tattoo. Votes: 0
Nalini SinghWomen have a hard enough time in this world: telling them the truth would be too cruel. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenIf a little voice in your head is telling you something is up, maybe you should listen. Votes: 0
Sara ShepardIf you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power. Votes: 0
Chogyam TrungpaInstead of telling God how big your problems are, tell your problem how BIG your God is. Votes: 0
Joel OsteenHyun Joong hyung listens to music so loud that the neighbors are telling us to move out. Votes: 0
Kim Kyu-jongThere is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun. Votes: 0
Thomas MertonI was a young cat, and I was very fast, but I wasn't telling no kind of story. Votes: 0
Roy EldridgeWhen people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it. Votes: 0
Margaret Chase SmithI think that the only way that you really keep it a secret is by not telling anyone. Votes: 0
Arnold SchwarzeneggerI didn't grow up with a mother telling me what was under my clothes was bad or evil. Votes: 0
Charlize TheronI'm all in favor of poets telling about the process as much as they can. And many do. Votes: 0
Pattiann RogersHow often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. Votes: 0
Frank HerbertAll I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports. Votes: 0
John HodgmanI wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching. Votes: 0
Neil LaButeI'm not some sort of puppet. Like, there isn't a team of people telling me what to do. Votes: 0
Sky FerreiraBeing an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child. Votes: 0
Amanda BurtonInstead of telling them God has a wonderful plan for their life - tell them who God is. Votes: 0
Paul WasherPeople have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are. Votes: 0
Hale IrwinAs a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told. Votes: 0
Rita WebbThis is why I keep telling Ash to get you a cat or a bird. Guns aren't proper pets. Votes: 0
Andrea CremerWe lie by not telling you things...We don't lie by telling you things that aren't true.
Oliver NorthThe nights I don't sleep it's because there's a higher calling telling me to stand guard.
Charlie SheenAre you telling me your brain and your lady parts decided on a love fest bake-off winner?
Janet EvanovichThere's no controversy in my way. There's nobody telling me to rap like this or anything.
Jayceon Terrell TaylorI call myself out on my mistakes, but in telling the truth, sometimes it stings a little.
Linda D. ThompsonIf you tell a friend a secret, she will keep the secret by telling only one other person.
Lisa BirnbachYou have to give in to what the paint says... You have to do what it's telling you to do.
Milton ResnickI think the biggest lesson I learned from my Dad was the importance of telling the truth.
Sean McDonoughA woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself.
William CongreveAnd I'm telling you now the frustration The future's facing from the anger in the nation.
C.L. SmoothYou're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?
Christine O'DonnellBoredom is your mind and body's way of telling you you're not living up to your potential.
Hal SparksKeep telling yourself and others there are no supermoms, there are only wonderful mothers.
Jean MarzolloI seem to enjoy telling stories with a central absence, with a lacuna tunnelled into them.
Junot DiazEverybody is telling me Donald Trump is going to destroy the stock market if he's elected.
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodEverybody is telling me Donald Trump is going to destroy the stock market if he's elected.
Rush LimbaughAn expert knows the subject very well. A model teaches by showing instead of just telling.
Thomas LeonardWhen a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?'
Wendy CopeWriting is just my first love. And I still have some issues with telling people what to do.
Allison SilvermanStyle is not an end in itself, it is only a means to an end - the means of telling a story.
Ayn RandStop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far theyâve come.
Bob GoffWhen I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.
Dario FoThere are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing.
Francine ProseGod could not keep, as it were, the secret of His love, and the telling of it was creation.
Fulton J. SheenThe key is to get it all down on paper before the coffee stops telling you you're talented.
Gary GulmanNothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something's impossible.
Jackie ChanAny kind of history you read is basically the winning side telling you the others were bad.
John LydonAt the doors, people are telling me they are afraid to let their children go to the movies.
Ken BoshcoffI'm most interested in working and learning from different people and telling good stories.
Marguerite MoreauThe best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.
Mark TwainI kept telling myself this word, process. Focus on my process, don't care about the result.
Rory McIlroyWhenever you think that your needs are not being met, youâre telling the story of a future
Byron KatieOne nice thing about telling a clean joke is there's a good chance no one's heard it before.
Doug LarsonThat's the most important thing for me in TV, telling the story to as many people as we can.
Nick FaldoYou know, people who can draw get upset when people who can't start telling them what to do!
Paul LaffoleyI enrich myself by telling others to give to me so they can bribe God to get what they want.
Richard RossiI have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.
Sara GruenI love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my days off.
T. J. ThyneDo what you do so well - and so uniquely - that people can't resist telling others about you
Walt DisneyWe are storied folk. Stories are what we are; telling and listening to stories is what we do.
Arthur KleinmanI just do my act. If people in England don't get my joke I make fun of myself for telling it.
Bill BurrMen never sound more stupid than when they're telling you they're a very complex personality.
Clive JamesYou cant just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.
Estelle ParsonsThere is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.
Felicity KendalIt feels like the city is telling secrets down here, privy only to those who think to listen.
Gayle FormanTo me, the most telling thing is we have a man [Donald Trump] who cannot complete a sentence.
Joss WhedonAlways telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.
Robert BreaultIt's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.
Robert QuillenSince there is no telling in advance where it may lead, reflection can be seen as dangerous .
Simon BlackburnTelling what you feel, trying to talk about what's important to you, does not make you weaker.
Aimee MannTelling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right.
Andy StanleyI love telling stories and acting and entertaining people. I don't want to make fun of people.
Bob SagetTelling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question.
Brian TracyI love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. Ive got no plans to stop doing it.
David Alan BascheIf you aren't telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died.
Donald MillerRight and a true woman will see that. And I have kids, so I'm always telling my sons...shower!
GinuwineFear is an exciting time. It's our soul telling us that we need to change. Change is powerful.
Jim MacLarenThere are a great many people who do not understand things so there is no use in telling them.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI'm not very interested in telling the facts. I have a lot of investment in telling the truth.
Pam HoustonThere's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.
Tim RobbinsI'm quite sure that no court is telling anybody that they cannot say whatever they want to say.
Chris ChristieI donât think thereâs anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isnât fashionable.
Craig FergusonAuthentic journalism is telling people something that the government doesn't want them to know.
Gary WebbPain is nature's way of telling you to slow down. Death is nature's way of telling you to stop.
Jim FixxEducation is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.
John DeweyStop telling God how big your problems are and start telling your problems how big your God is.
Joseph SimmonsIf your intuition is telling you not to do something, then don't. Your intuition is not stupid.
Martin NiemollerThat's the miracle of telling a story in film: You can express something inside someone's mind.
Matthew WeinerThis happens to me: I have this great idea and then I make the mistake of telling someone else.
Scott AdamsWhen you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with
Sophie MarceauInstead of telling our young people to plan ahead, we should tell them to plan to be surprised.
Steve CarellThe great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing
Susan HowatchWhen you are telling your story, hold your own ink pen. Don't let anybody else tell your story.
Tracy MartinMan gave us laws, and God gave us time, It's the art of storytelling and I'm only telling mine.
ASAP RockyI miss All Stars, by the way. I was just telling people: how am I going to get by until January?
Jason WuI remember Mom always telling me that all in all in the end the only one you really have is God.
Kayla MuellerCourage isn't inside; it's external. It comes from someone else telling you they believe in you.
Simon SinekI like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.
Steve BuscemiChristmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.
Timothy KellerTelling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
Baal Shem TovOne stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better.
Cesare PaveseWe find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?
Jean RostandSince I was a kid, I've been telling everyone about the rain forest and how it's being destroyed.
Kristin KreukIf I owned a network, I would never let a guy just put people on without telling me who they are.
Louis C. K.There is a difference between God as a sense of comfort, and God actually telling you what to do!
Michele BachmannTelling the truth is like exposing the underside of our wings. We only see that part when we fly.
Sabrina Ward HarrisonNo, what I am doing is kind by telling people who are useless 'Do something that you're good at'.
Simon CowellThe healing that can grow out of the simple act of telling our stories is often quite remarkable.
Susan Wittig AlbertThe birds that were singing in the dew-drenched garden seemed to be telling the flowers about her.
Oscar WildeI have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.
Daryl HallWhen one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.
Gautama BuddhaTrying to describe what I do in prayer would be like telling the world how I make love to my wife.
J. I. PackerI have no words," he said hoarsely. "And I know exactly what you're telling me." Lover Unleashed
J.R. WardPoint is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth.
Jonathan MaberryHow to tell students what to look for without telling them what to see is the dilemma of teaching.
Lascelles AbercrombieBefore I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.
Parker J. PalmerTelling someone who's crying not to cry is the same as telling someone who's falling not to fall.
TabloWithout someone telling you what you are doing is wrong, you can't say what you are doing is right.
Andy BiersackScience is telling us that we can do phenomenal things if we put our minds and our resources to it.
Anthony S. Fauci[People] don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.
Collin PetersonYou people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.
Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.If you donât get excited about the gospel, youâve never really grasped what itâs telling you.
Derek PrinceI fell in love with the possibilities of telling the story in the future, and married that quickly.
J. H. WymanI associate times with certain music. It still is that for me. It's telling the story of our lives.
James HetfieldIn the '20s they were telling us wed all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon.
Jay ChiatI resent Washington telling states, or the residents of those states, what to do and what to think.
Luis FortunoIn a service situation, each delay can mean many unsatisfied customers, each one telling many more.
Ron KaufmanIt is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
SaadiThe trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.
Sid CaesarIt's not terrible, people telling you you're great; what's terrible is when you start believing it.
Woody HarrelsonConsciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story.
Antonio DamasioMy ex-wife has never broken 150. I wish she would stop telling people I taught her how to play golf.
Bruce LanskyRepeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.
Derek SiversA happy ending isn't really the end. It's just the place where you choose to stop telling the story.
Leah StewartChristophe, with the careful tone of an adult telling a kid not to pet the nice foaming-rabid pooch.
Lilith SaintcrowIf your heart, head and gut are telling you the same thing, then you owe it to yourself to chase it.
Marc BlucasWhat a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
Roald DahlMy job is to show and tell. If I get better at showing and telling then presumably I get hired more.
Tom HardyActually being funny is mostly telling the truth about things. Votes: 1 Bernard Sahlins
Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people. Votes: 1 Jean-Claude Van Damme
It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling. Votes: 3 A. E. Waite
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Votes: 1 Adlai E. Stevenson
Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to. Votes: 1 Grace Slick
I feel the weight of just telling the truth. There really is no weight to telling the truth. It's a little scary sometimes, but if you tell the truth, you don't have to be looking over your shoulder. Votes: 3 Jussie Smollett
I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories. Votes: 2 Taylor Swift
I suppose you want me to say I'm at parties all the time and am secretly going out with Tom Cruise, but I am afraid that is not the case. I'm still in my pyjamas at nine o'clock each night, watching ITV2 without telling anyone. Votes: 1 Miranda Hart
You know, I'm really not interested in someone telling me that something's good or bad. Votes: 1 John Malkovich
When you're on stage, unless you surrender to the moment, you're not telling the truth. I look for people that tell me the truth. Votes: 2 David Sanborn
I'm not in the business of telling people what to do. I'm much more in the business of describing things, situations and stuff like that and leaving them out there, and you can make up your minds about them. Votes: 1 Nick Cave
Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people. Votes: 1 Philip Guedalla
It really just gives you a sense of when you need to have dialogue and when you don't, and if your pictures are telling the story, you don't need to have all this talking. Votes: 1 Craig McCracken
Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child. Votes: 3 Amanda Burton
With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. Failing to renew 'Terra Nova' is shortsighted, as myopic as it would have been to scrap the Hubble. 'Terra Nova' is the Hubble Telescope of television. Votes: 2 Stephen Lang
Appearing in 'Legally Blonde' has helped me find my inner girl, although at the beginning the director was constantly telling me off for sitting like a boy, with my legs apart, while wearing a cocktail dress and heels! Votes: 1 Sheridan Smith
I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Votes: 2 Adlai Stevenson
The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude. Votes: 3 Robert Mapplethorpe
I'd say Rob Reiner's 'When Harry Met Sally' is my all-time favorite. It made me realize there's a way of telling a story where the audience is so in love with the characters that they forget you're even telling a story. Votes: 4 Tim Story
I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.' Votes: 2 Hill Harper
I kept telling everyone I wasn't going to Washington to stay. I go to visit. Votes: 4 John Engler
I gather together the dreams, fantasies, experiences that preoccupied me as a girl, that stay with me and appear and reappear in different shapes and forms in all my work. Without telling everything that happened, they document all that remains most vivid. Votes: 3 bell hooks
My parents really did believe in the Golden Rule. They really did believe that all people should be treated equally. They had friends of every culture, we celebrated different holidays, but really, secretly behind it, they had no problem telling me who I couldn't marry. Votes: 1 Diane Farr
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Votes: 1 Adlai E. Stevenson
Oh, I laugh hard every day. I mean, my husband is Will Smith! I'm telling you, that's one of the joys of being married to him. My life full of laughter. Thank God I have him. My life is full of laughter because of that man. Votes: 1 Jada Pinkett Smith
At the risk of sounding like that old guy in 'Gran Torino' telling those 'young punks' to 'get off my lawn,' it's gotten to the point that whenever I hear somebody talking about Twitter or twittering or tweeting, it just makes my little tummy want to hurl. Votes: 1 John Ridley
When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth. Votes: 1 Elmer Davis
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 in winter and it feels like I have an ice pack on my head. Unbelievable. Votes: 1 Bryan Cranston
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. Votes: 2 Pietro Aretino
I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I've got no plans to stop doing it. Votes: 5 David Alan Basche
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. Votes: 3 Malcolm Bradbury
Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man. Votes: 6 Helen Rowland
I'm just basically telling a story of my life. Votes: 2 Jose Canseco
We're all going to keep telling love stories, we're all going to tell hero stories. It's all a question of what your own thumbprint, your own DNA, is, and what it brings to the table that makes it unique. Votes: 3 Andrew Stanton
I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart. Votes: 3 Shakira
Phantom' was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening, and then there's one voice from the past that's also driving the story forward. And you know that the two story lines will meet eventually. Votes: 1 Jo Nesbo
I think, in the grand epic, Jesus is the hero of our stories. And our stories, as they were, are subplots in a grand epic and our job is not to be the hero of any story. Our job is to be a saint in a story that he is telling. Votes: 1 Donald Miller
Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of that. You could learn something from Nabokov on every page he ever wrote. Votes: 1 Donald E. Westlake
But I have to grow out of it, because it's very boring, really. Even when you're telling people how crap you are, you're still banging on about yourself. Votes: 1 Emily Mortimer
The same basic tools we've used for thousands of years to connect with people, to draw them in and to hold their attention will always work, even if we're telling our stories 140 characters at a time. Votes: 4 Shawn Amos
Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things.Their language has been lost.But not the gestures. Votes: 3 Vera Nazarian
If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it. Votes: 1 Tao Lin
A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me. Votes: 1 Joe Biden
It's scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are. Votes: 3 Eric Jerome Dickey
Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them. Votes: 6 H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I keep everything very simple. I like telling stories. Votes: 8 Michael Fassbender
The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. Votes: 7 Dorothy L. Sayers
The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth. Votes: 1 Edward St Aubyn
I love the puzzled look on people's faces when I mention I grew up telling time according to television. Votes: 3 Joe Zee
It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up. Votes: 1 Jo Brand
With writing fiction, I'm either not courageous enough or just not suited for telling truths in a more conventional way. As an actor, I inhabit those characters as I'm writing them. Votes: 3 Ray McKinnon
There wasn't much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things. Votes: 1 George Lucas
I felt like all of the American people did not believe me because of the things that were said about me, and said that people would say that it was just for the money, and it wasn't about the money. It was about what he did to me. And I knew I was telling the truth. Votes: 1 Paula Jones
Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying. Votes: 1 Tina Fey
First and foremost, telling historical stories is very tricky because it is something that is known. It is not like you can tell a lie or change something that is written in black and white. Votes: 1 Anthony Hemingway
In general, you don't want competitors to understand your business outside of telling people your revenue and profitability numbers. Votes: 1 Dave Goldberg
Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories. Votes: 1 Ruth Ozeki