All Quotes

I tell people my only successful long-term relationship was with Jim Packard. He was my rock. I didn't realize how codependent I was.
‐‐ Michael Feldman

I tell people not to write too soon about their lives. Writing about yourself too young is loaded with psychological complexities.
‐‐ Mary Karr

I tell people retirement isn't what you think. You are going to sit around and waste your life, you can only golf so much. To stay young, you have to stay in the mix.
‐‐ Ron Rice

I tell people that anything that could ever happen to you on stage has happened to me. My clothes have fallen off. I've fallen off the stage. I've gotten sick - anything.
‐‐ Melissa Etheridge

I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm about.
‐‐ Sally Phillips

I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.
‐‐ Larry David

I tell people that if I'm ignoring them, chances are I may not have heard them. I depend on hearing aids, but I've not found it a problem. I'm visually very aware!
‐‐ Joseph Mawle

I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.
‐‐ Chris Tucker

I tell people that the Clipse were the first Internet rap darlings.
‐‐ Pusha T

I tell people that the history of Mozilla and Firefox is so one of a kind that it should not be used - ever - as an example of what's possible.
‐‐ Mitch Kapor

I tell people that we must have the courage to share what we feel, but no one follows me.
‐‐ Tadashi Yanai

I tell people the first time I decided to write a novel I was in my mid-20s, and it was, 'Well, it's time to see if I can do this.' I basically flipped a coin to see if I was going to write science fiction or if I was going to do a crime novel. The coin toss went to science fiction.
‐‐ John Scalzi

I tell people this: It's hard to write about walking in the park, but it's easy to write about a breakup.
‐‐ Kris Allen

I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it's possible to be ageless - people should applaud and celebrate that. Anybody who criticises her is just jealous!
‐‐ Tracy Anderson

I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-foot, 9-inch point guard, and I proved them wrong. Then they told me I couldn't be a businessman and make money in urban America, and I proved them wrong. And they thought I couldn't win all these championships, and I proved them wrong there as well.
‐‐ Magic Johnson

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
‐‐ Patty Duke

I tell people: walk around for one month and write down three problems in your life every day. At first it's easy - you got stuck in traffic, you missed your alarm - but by the end of the month you're looking really hard to get your 90 problems. The most common things on your list are now billion-dollar businesses.
‐‐ Jay Samit

I tell people, 'You can do this.' And they write back and say, 'You were right. I can do this. And now I believe I can do anything.'
‐‐ Bob Ross

I tell people you should write what you love to read because that's where your passion is.
‐‐ Brad Thor

I tell residents, if you gave me two patients with identical problems, and one of them had family at the bedside with a lot of laughter, plus photos and a quilt from home, and next door was another patient who was alone every time I came by - I'm going to be very nervous about the isolated patient's mental status.
‐‐ Allan Hamilton

I tell stories about people audiences might think they have nothing in common with, then they emotionally connect with them and find they're not different at all.
‐‐ Gurinder Chadha

I tell stories. Because I believe you can do things that joke tellers can't do, and that is, bring your audience along.
‐‐ Bill Cosby

I tell stories. I kind of stumbled on that by trying to combine Jane Austen and magic.
‐‐ Susanna Clarke

I tell stories so only the independents do that and they don't pay you that much. I'd rather do TV or an HBO movie.
‐‐ Penny Marshall

I tell stories. That's what I do. I've always told stories.
‐‐ Sophie Kennedy Clark

I tell students and young professionals all the time to follow their hearts, do what they truly love, and if it's business, run it by being grounded in ethical consciousness.
‐‐ John Mackey

I tell students, 'If you are learning from YouTube I almost don't want to teach you because what you learn from YouTube it takes 10 times as long to unlearn.' They do an approximation of the centre of the note, an approximation of the interpretation, a cloned version.
‐‐ Kiri Te Kanawa

I tell students that even if they don't like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool - a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives.
‐‐ Danica McKellar

I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.
‐‐ Ellen Ochoa

I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so painful they can just barely bring themselves to write about it. A writer has to draw blood.
‐‐ Robert Morgan

I tell the most horrible jokes.
‐‐ Emmanuelle Chriqui

I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking.
‐‐ Chevy Chase

I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.
‐‐ Alex Ferguson

I tell the stories that are of interest to me.
‐‐ Ava DuVernay

I tell the story by feel most of the time, and I am not much given to labyrinthian digressions but seem to be naturally drawn to compression and pace, and the feelings come about on their own.
‐‐ Daniel Woodrell

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.
‐‐ Russell Means

I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.'
‐‐ Elaine Stritch

I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
‐‐ Rafer Johnson

I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.
‐‐ Ma Jun

I tell women not to believe everything they read about fashion.
‐‐ Geoffrey Beene

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.
‐‐ Anita Diament

I tell ya, I could have got some more jobs if I'd tried, but I went to Sweden instead.
‐‐ Lee Hazlewood

I tell you, being on a soap is the hardest work, and it gets so old. Get on your mark, get in the light, don't turn too far upstage - that's all it is.
‐‐ Robin Wright

I tell you, Bono may have a point. South Africa needs a Walmart.
‐‐ Rush Limbaugh

I tell you, 'Firefly'? Best job I ever had. Heartbroken when it was canceled, but had it not been canceled, I never would have gotten 'Serenity'. I think 'Serenity' is the most incredible thing I've ever been able to actually get my hands on and do. I can't even tell you how much love I have for that project.
‐‐ Nathan Fillion

I tell you how I feel and how we're going to solve it. That's my unique personality and that's how I carry myself. It is different from most people, but when something comes out of your mouth, people tend to listen more.
‐‐ Jon Runyan

I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes.
‐‐ Lawrence Kasdan

I tell you, I'm really not what you'd call into your basic kink, even though we do live in Hollywood, which is a little bit like living in a box of granola.
‐‐ McLean Stevenson

I tell you, I've always been quite physical about acting. I've always felt about for the shape of someone or the deportment, for better or worse. Sometimes I think I've done it disastrously, and other times, when I'm not thinking about it so much, less disastrously, but I can't seem to control it much.
‐‐ Martin Clunes