Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Marley was dead, to begin with ... This must be distintly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.

Alan Rickman

The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.

Alan Rickman

It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.

Alan Rickman

I like it when stories are left open.

Alan Moore

This is an IMAGINARY STORY...aren't they all?

Alan Moore

Everybody has their story to tell.

Alan Ball

I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion.

Chris Cleave

Our stories are the tellers of us.

Chris Cleave

We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

Bess Truman

It's very embarrassing to be put on the spot.

Aldous Huxley

It’s embarrassing to tell you this, but it seems to come down mostly to just learning to be kinder.

Carl T. Rowan

There aren't any embarrassing questions — just embarrassing answers.

Carl T. Rowan

There are no embarrassing answers-just embarrassing questions.

Daniel Clowes

I was 30 before I made a living that was not embarrassing.

Dakota Fanning

I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don't even know how I do it.

Kurt Vonnegut

How embarrassing it is to be human.

Helen Suzman

It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing.

Jessica Lange

It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It's humiliating.

Bo Ryan

You measure a person by what it takes to discourage them.

Joseph Glanvill

Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.

John C. Maxwell

You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.