Telling

Famous quotes containing the word telling:

    “Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested in telling about it.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “Almost one half of our time is spent in telling and hearing evil of one another ... and every hour brings forth something strange and terrible to fill up our discourse and our astonishment.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    “Andrews: You married him only because I told you not to.
    Ellie: You’ve been telling me what not to do ever since I can remember.
    Andrews: That’s because you’ve always been a stubborn idiot.
    Ellie: I come from a long line of stubborn idiots.”
    —Robert Riskin (1897–1955)