Telling Quotes - page 11

I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories. (Dan Harmon)
Let's face it, she can't have simply disappeared... can she?" Horace shrugged. "That's what I keep telling myself," he said morosley. "But somehow it looks as if she has. View quote
John Flanagan
Do you know why the big brother is born first? It's to protect the little brothers and sisters that come after him. A brother telling his sister, "I'll kill you"... You never, ever say something like that. View quote
Tite Kubo
I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching. View quote
Neil LaBute
We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it. View quote
Madeleine L'Engle
When I drank, I had a very different attitude towards my playing. It was sloppier but I kind of liked it that way. It was like the alcohol was telling my mind what to do. View quote
Mick Mars
You can't really change the heart without telling a story. View quote
Martha C. Nussbaum
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. View quote
Thurgood Marshall
When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had. View quote
Howard Nemerov
Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it's as close as I come to telling how I do it. View quote
Howard Nemerov
Nights without beginning that had no end. Talking about a past as if it'd really happened. Telling themselves that this time next year, this time next year, things were going to be different. (Raymond Carver)
Oh, absolutely, it felt more serious than your typical job. One of the things that got us through how difficult the shooting actually was was that we are telling a real story. View quote
John C. Reilly
I know my heart will never be the same But I'm telling myself I'll be okay. View quote
Sara Evans
Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish. It can be running a mile, or a 10K race, or 100 miles. It can be changing a career, losing 5 pounds, or telling someone you love her. View quote
Scott Jurek
Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I try to get it to tell stories. View quote
Steven D. Levitt
I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen. View quote
Ines de La Fressange
Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind. View quote
Charlton Heston
There is a still small voice telling us what is right, and if we listen to that still small voice we shall grow and increase in strength and power, in testimony and in ability not only to live the gospel but to inspire others to do so. View quote
Heber J. Grant
I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning. View quote
A. R. Ammons
Girls are telling me to take my shirt off. It's like, 'Hello! I'm a person, too!' View quote
Alex Meraz
I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way. (Alex Winter)
A visual understanding of great composition and how to use a camera and expensive lenses can be learned, but drive and a real hunger for making photos and telling stories... I don't think that part can be learned. You either have that inside, or you don't. View quote
Aaron Huey
I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career. View quote
Anita Hill
And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the audience will care about, even if you're playing a murderer or rapist. View quote
Anna Friel
You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose. View quote
Anna Kournikova