Top 100 Tell Your Quotes
#2. ... it is easier to tell someone closer to you before you tell your partner.
Anna Bell
#3. A soul mate must be one to whom you can tell your dark secrets and never feel ashamed and someone in whose arms your instincts are unashamed.
Dew Platt
#5. I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me.
Mike Mills
#6. It's not something you tell your single best friend. It'd be like rubbing your nose in the poop of my happiness.
Shannon Hale
#7. I think I've learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart - and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn't hurt either.
Dorothea Benton Frank
#8. How do you tell your mom you're following your dream when it's the one that warned you to befriend a psychotic boy before he shoots up your school?
-- from the upcoming "Streaks of Blue
Jack Chaucer
#9. How can you tell your wife you are just popping out to play a match and then not come back for five days?
Rafael Benitez
#10. It's crazy that you have to tell your phone or your computer or your house or your car 'It's me!' hundreds of times a day. Wearables will solve that problem.
Astro Teller
#11. What are the five stages of realizing you just did something too stupid to tell your friends?
Ruth Cardello
#12. You could tell your soul mate by the light in their eyes, and since the time began, that has been how people have recognized their true love.
Paulo Coelho
#13. Don't forget to tell your favorite people that you love them.
Shirley Temple
#14. Social media is a really cool way to tell your story to people who are interested in hearing it. It's not getting put through the filter of a television executive who's decided you're too old to justify the expenditure.
Greg Behrendt
#15. Don't tell your friend you are fighting with your wife, he will use your weakness against you
Bangambiki Habyarimana
#16. I think a lot of people, including me, clammed up when a civilian asked about battle, about war. It was fashionable. One of the most impressive ways to tell your war story is to refuse to tell it, you know. Civilians would then have to imagine all kinds of deeds of derring-do.
Kurt Vonnegut
#17. It is hard to tell your mother to change her life.
Tony Yayo
#18. 'Looper' is about what your 55-year-old self would tell your 25-year-old self over a cup of coffee. It's about finding love in the third act of your life. It's about overcoming trauma and the idea of true sacrifice.
Jason Reitman
#19. You can't just tell your team, 'Think long term.' It doesn't work that way. When you are starting out, you have to always think about trying to build something of value for the customer: something they can use all the time, something of use.
Ram Shriram
#20. Tell your mother the Law of Stolen Flight.'
'Only flame, and things with wings. All the rest suffer stings.
Jonathan Carroll
#21. Writing is new, relatively speaking. Story telling is ancient. Tell your story first putting aside all other worries. Leave fretting over homonyms, semicolons, and Oxford commas to editors and friends you can be bribe with baking.
Ada Maria Soto
#22. I'm taking fifteen, and we're moving this discussion upstairs."
"You can have here! I will not listen."
"You will listen," Mallory said, "and you'll tell your book club exactly what you heard."
"But is like Twilight in real life!" Berna protested. "Sparkles!
Chloe Neill
#23. As a screenwriter, there's so many layers you have to go through in order to tell your story. You have to write the script, get money for the script, shoot it, find distributors, make it into film festivals, all of that just to get to your audience.
Morley
#24. The enemy stays in the hearts of friends. Watch what your friends know about you and watch what you tell your friends, remember, egoism breeds jealousy and ends a relationship in discord.
Michael Bassey Johnson
#25. Don't tell your stories to anyone. You'll be more motivated knowing it's a prerequisite to having an audience.
Andy Weir
#26. No matter who you are or what kind of company or organization you work for, your number-one job is to tell your story to the consumer wherever they are, and preferably at the moment they are deciding to make a purchase.
Gary Vaynerchuk
#27. You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'
Maya Rudolph
#28. He never said "Don't tell your mama." He never had to say it. I did not know how to tell anyone what I felt, what scared me and shamed me ... (109)
Dorothy Allison
#29. As soon as I saw tattoos as a way to tell your story, I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I totally get it.' So I got my first tattoo a couple of years ago, and it's the word 'hope' on my left arm. It has a couple of dots at the end for each of my kids.
Kristian Bush
#30. To tell your own truth without fear is what true expression is all about"-Angel M.B. Chadwick
Angel M.B. Chadwick
#31. It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.
Red Auerbach
#32. I've always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can't tell to an audience. There's a fine line you have to tread because you don't know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended.
Billy Connolly
#33. I think the main thing over time is that you gain confidence and are able to tell your story better and stronger.
Roksanda Ilincic
#34. Instead of telling God how big your problems are, tell your problem how BIG your God is.
Joel Osteen
#35. She say to tell you you was the nicest," Muddy told the boy. "She say to tell your dad he a hero, and that you was the nicest.
John Irving
#36. It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them.
Sparky Anderson
#37. I shall not tell your husband and you shall not tell my wife."
Tell them what?"
That you and I were outwitted by a ropma."
That would be shamful."
Girl, we could never live it down.
Donita K. Paul
#38. Soloveitchik's use redeems the word of redemption itself, sweeps away the more abstract and amorphous idea swirling in its wake, and focuses redemption as the right and the ability to control how you tell your
Anonymous
#39. You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
Barbara Sher
#40. What makes for a good argument, at bottom, is being more prepared than anyone else in that courtroom, and being willing to fight to tell your client's story - the story of why the right view of the law and my client's interests are one and the same.
Patricia Millett
#41. If you want to do something dangerous ... Don't tell your girlfriend!
Christopher Titus
#42. If you don't tell your stories, other people will tell their story about you. It's important that we nurture and protect these memories. Things change. Existence means change.
Henry Louis Gates
#43. You tell your kids that no matter what, you set your goals and you go for them. Whatever it is you achieve, never give up. You want your kids to have that good attitude, the confidence, and the will power to believe in themselves.
Joel Parkinson
#44. Tell your story with your whole heart.
Brene Brown
#45. LET us twain walk aside from the rest;
Now we are together privately, do you discard ceremony,
Come! vouchsafe to me what has yet been vouchsafed to none - Tell me the whole story,
Tell me what you would not tell your brother, wife, husband, or physician.
Walt Whitman
#46. Be true to yourself and to the culture you were born into. Tell your story as only you can.
William Zinsser
#47. Don't hesitate to tell your friends how much you love them. Sometimes they are in need to hear you say it.
Ramona Matta
#48. Every time you tell your old story, you reactivate the negative emotions/vibes as a whole new experience in your body.
Catherine Garrett
#49. You should ... live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy as keep to yourself.
Seneca.
#50. Don't smoke. Don't kill yourselves. Don't maim yourselves. Tell your friends. Please don't smoke.
Joe Eszterhas
#51. I feel like there's no real innovation in having some music. It's more just unique personalities and unique expressions, and you being able to tell your story.
Maynard James Keenan
#52. Don't sell your story, just tell your story.
J.J. Abrams
#53. When you disrespect Australian law, they will tell your firmly. Declare everything when you enter Australia.
Johnny Depp
#54. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.
Swami Vivekananda
#55. Be a role model not a critic. Don't tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do - show them. And when the lesson is over, keep showing them by demonstrating that your actions are part of your character, not part of their curriculum.
Denis Waitley
#56. To name the world in your own terms, to tell your own story, is an act of authority and power. When you write, you are saying, in effect, 'I have a voice. I have a story. This is what I have to say.'
Rebecca McClanahan
#57. He would read up on parenting, if he thought it would help, but his errors always seemed too basic for the manuals. "Always tell your kids they have siblings ... " He couldn't imagine any child-raising guru taking the trouble to write that down. Maybe there was a gap in the market.
Nick Hornby
#58. For Christmas every year, my mother used to give me those cheap little diaries that would tell your horoscope and provide a little blank slot for each day.
Patti Smith
#59. Don't tell your business until it becomes a testimony.
Garrett McCoy
#60. The best part about holiday parties is the alcohol. You have a couple of drinks and you tell your coworkers and your superiors what you really think about them. And then the fun begins.
David Letterman
#61. In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.
Rich Froning Jr.
#62. You can always tell your true values by looking at your behavior
especially under pressure.
Brian Tracy
#63. Well, that's not something you see every day. Go tell your father that Grandma needs the grenades.
Seanan McGuire
#64. Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.
Frank McCourt
#65. Everybody has a story that must be told.
Your life is your story.
Tell your story.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#66. How does it make sense to remove an option, to tell your enemy before you go into a conflict, that you will not exercise whatever options are necessary in order to achieve victory?
John McCain
#67. Tell him what? a voice inside her asked. Tell him you've fallen for a penniless reporter whom you barely know? That's a brilliant idea, Jo. As soon as you've told Bram, you can tell your mother. I'm sure she'll be delighted.
Jennifer Donnelly
#68. Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science - for to fill your heart with love is enough.
Richard Feynman
#69. Don't get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it's your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways.
Iyanla Vanzant
#70. Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
John Selden
#72. It's a lot easier being black than gay. At least if you're black you don't have to tell your parents.
Judy Carter
#73. A focused Mind is a result Of a little Effort To tell Your Distractions To sleep for A couple of hours While you are at WORK.
Sujit Lalwani
#74. I've never once thought about the interpretative, the storytelling aspect of life, of my life. I always felt like I was in a story, yes, but not like I was the author of it, or like I had any say in its telling whatsoever. You can tell your story any way you damn well please. It's your solo.
Jandy Nelson
#75. Boys, tell your mother to shut her lying whore mouth before I shove the nearest apple down her throat.
Jason Aaron
#76. Always follow your dreams. Never give up. If you have a thought in your mind write it down. If you have a desire in your heart to write, then write. Tell your story. Make a difference. Touch someone's heart.
S. Sloan
#77. Be open to suggestions, but don't let anyone dictate how you should tell your story. Who can possibly tell your story better than you?
Giuseppe Bianco
#78. Your parents don't like it because it gets the pots and pans dirty and because it's noisy, but for you it's fun and you're doing experiments ... Just tell your parents that they're experiments and you want to become a scientist, and they won't stop you from doing anything you want.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
#79. Tell your sister I'm all right," Mrs Whatsit said to Charles. "Tell her my intentions are good." "The road to hell is paved with good intentions," Charles intoned.
Madeleine L'Engle
#80. You can't be the dad who takes your kid out after your wife has said, 'No ice cream,' buys the ice cream, and says, 'Don't tell your mother.' You teach the child to lie - and to disrespect the other parent.
Howie Mandel
#81. John Maxwell says a budget (for your money) is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went. Managing time is the same; you will either tell your day what to do or you will wonder where it went.
Dave Ramsey
#82. I also say you can tell your true friends, by the ones who put a bucket by your bed when your drunk and going to be sick - (my quote - so proud)
J. Yates
#83. DON'T TELL YOUR SECRETS.
A whisper can betray you.
DON'T EVER STOP.
They will always find you.
DON'T TRUST ANYONE.
Not even yourself.
Michelle Gagnon
#84. I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I've learned is that freedom comes when you tell your story; freedom comes when you tell the truth.
Eve Ensler
#85. Tell your girlfriend or wife you love them everyday. Like I do!
Godfrey
#87. When you tell your dreams you gotta tell people you trust, 'cause sometimes they'll snatch your dream right away from you.
Michelle Muriel
#88. How crucial for us to rehearse the future, in words.
Never to doubt that you will live to utter them.
Never to doubt that you will tell your story.
Joyce Carol Oates
#89. You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer, because the winds would find it out and tell your cedar floor.
Emily Dickinson
#90. Tender expressions of love and affection toward children are as much the responsibility of the father as the mother. Tell your children you love them.
Howard W. Hunter
#91. Don't blame me. Tell your mom to move closer. Tell her there's this new club called civilization and you guys should join.
Becca Fitzpatrick
#92. If you can't tell your own family how you feel, then what's the point in having one?" I shook my head. "I've been here before with 'family.' I just thought this one was different.
Nancy N. Rue
#93. When I told you I was the last man you'd ever tell your story to, I meant it. I'm not going anywhere.
Christy Pastore
#94. The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn well better be beautiful.
Dorothy Allison
#95. Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth!
Clint Smith
#96. I had a mother that told me what to do all my life, and I traded that in for a wife. We got married two years out of high school which is not what you tell your kids to do, right?
Rick Scott
#97. I feel sorry for Sparta when you're queen. What are you going to do? Tell your husband and the rest of the court that they can wrap your beauty around them to keep warm and well all winter?
Esther M. Friesner
#99. I always thought it would be classy to not kiss and tell . . . but after a while you just get sick of having other people trying to tell your story for you.
Holly Madison
#100. Never tell your wife she's bad in bed. She'll go out and get a second opinion.
Rodney Dangerfield
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