Teller Quotes - page 2

Story is the umbilical cord that connects us to the past, present, and future. Family. Story is a relationship between the teller and the listener, a responsibility. . . . Story is an affirmation of our ties to one another. (Terry Tempest Williams)
The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god. View quote
Brendan Myers
The story of my family. . .changes with the teller. View quote
Jennifer Haigh
I am a story teller and I take each story very seriously. View quote
Michael Welch
By the very nature of his art, which depends on invention and innovation, a story teller must depart from the beaten track and, having done so, occasionally startle and disagree with some of his associates. Healthy disagreement we must have. View quote
Preston Sturges
As a story teller, Scott is unrivalled; he would have made the fortune of a cafe at Damascus. View quote
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
There is, in short no end to the story of life. There are merely pauses. The end is the arbitrary intervention of the teller, but there can be no finality about the choice. Today's end is, after all tomorrow's beginning. View quote
Shashi Tharoor
My brother Billy was the joke teller. My brother Jim had a really sharp, cutting wit. And the teller of long stories, that was my brother Ed. As a child, I just absorbed everything they said, and I was always in competition for the laughs. View quote
Stephen Colbert
Truth never hurt the teller. View quote
Robert Browning
A joke is by definition politically incorrect - it assumes a butt, and a certain superiority in the teller. The culture won't put up with that for much longer. View quote
Martin Amis
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit or escape. I suppose if that definition is strictly held to, then a writer of stories is a liar - if he is financially fortunate. (John Steinbeck)
Interviewer: Are there any groups you won't go after? Penn: We haven't tackled Scientology [in Penn & Teller: Bullshit! ] because Showtime doesn't want us to. Maybe they have deals with individual Scientologists-I'm not sure. And we haven't tackled Islam because we have families. Interviewer: Meaning, you won't attack Islam because you're afraid it'll attack back ... Penn: Right, and I think the worst thing you can say about a group in a free society is that you're afraid to talk about it-I can't think of anything more horrific. View quote
Penn Jillette
I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers. View quote
Penn Jillette
Penn & Teller don't know jack about global warming. View quote
Penn Jillette
Penn & Teller stopped doing practical jokes, and the reason is we got much too good at it. View quote
Penn Jillette
One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality. That is the subject that, if you have a brain in your head, is always dealt with in magic. The smarter the tricks you're doing, the more that' s an important thing. View quote
Penn Jillette
If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order. View quote
Penn Jillette
I am the teller of the tale, not the creator of the story. View quote
Michael Powell (director)
The nature of bad news infects the teller. View quote
William Shakespeare
Vegas is gorgeous hyperreality, but most of the stuff people like here is not my cup of tea. I don't gamble, and I don't like Penn & Teller. I'd rather be locked into a basement full of Philip Glass recordings. View quote
Johannes Grenzfurthner
I'd like to be remembered as someone who kept the comic novel going for another generation or so. I fear the comic novel is in retreat. A joke is by definition politically incorrect - it assumes a butt, and a certain superiority in the teller. The culture won't put up with that for much longer. (Martin Amis)