Tell Quotes

I don't operate on smokers. I tell cigarette smokers that I can operate on you, I get paid the same. And you might even do well. But it's the wrong thing to do. So I refuse to operate on you until you stop smoking.

I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can.

I make such big efforts to forget things and I can't tell the story of my life because, thank God, I'm still living it.

Right now, any opinion anyone has about whether dogs can or cannot really tell when their owner is coming home by some unknown means... nobody knows. The weight of evi dence suggests they can.

Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it.

I don't operate on smokers. I tell cigarette smokers that I can operate on you, I get paid the same. And you might even do well. But it's the wrong thing to do. So I refuse to operate on you until you stop smoking.

We need the help of other member countries and leaders who, like us, want to see a change in Europe's direction. That's also my logic when I tell voters that electing me president will not only shape France's future, but also initiate change across all of Europe.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.

I can never tell a joke, I've always found it easier to just fall over.

What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin.

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?

I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.

Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'

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.

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

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

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.