Tell Quotes

In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was.

Even if you do something that others might consider wrong, you should at least be willing to talk about it and tell your parents what you're doing because you believe it's right.

Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is.

People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.

I'll tell you one thing, it's a cruel, cruel world.

Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

It's like a prehistoric reflex, you know, going out and getting the meat and bringing it back to the cave. You feel you're supposed to make it better, but more than likely she's asking you to tell her how you feel.

So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.

I'm very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, this is the time to invest. There's so much opportunity. Let's just invest in that opportunity, and really get after it.

I will say overwhelmingly what means so much more to me than the opinion of one reviewer are the letters I get from fans who tell me how a particular book has changed their life.

For the last four or five years, I had been in the position where I didn't have to take a pilot. I took this one because the script and the people were terrific. It never frightened me. As we were doing the pilot, I could tell that it was working.

I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to tell these stories and present these shapes, colors and movements as I see them, as I see them serve a narrative. As I see that narrative serve an audience. That's what I want to do.

He's working a lot harder than I am. I tell these people that we really appreciate what they're doing for us.

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure.

Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going to tell me she is a dead lump?

Look, just tell me where that lemon came from and I'll shut up and go away.

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin, and you will be asked in return to never mind the angels, tell me who controls the production of pins.

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.