Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Kennedy

My favourite novel is Frederick Forsythe's Day Of The Jackal, the story about the unproven case of this apparent Englishman who was hired to assassinate De Gaulle….

Charles Colson

The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.

Brad Pitt

I got into [producing] to be part of stories that wouldn't necessarily be right for me as an actor.

Brad Pitt

Illiada by Homer is one of the great stories in literature. And I thought its themes really resonated today, whether that was my projection or Homer's intentions. It didn't seem like we had come very far.

Barry Hannah

My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.

Barry Hannah

My stories do have plot. They're not just scattered language; they're controlled, toward an end.

Barry Goldwater

Perserverance. . .that's been the story of my family.

Eckhart Tolle

Instead of making up stories, stay with the facts. For example, "I am ruined" is a story. It limits you and prevents you from taking effective action. "I have 50 cents left in my bank account" is a fact.

Elie Wiesel

I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still time. To live? I don't attach any importance to my life any more. I'm alone. No, I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it is, no one will listen to me.

Edward Norton

Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you.

Conan O'Brien

It's been reported that some of Arnold Schwarzenegger's opponents have been circulating naked pictures of Arnold on the Internet. Yeah, in a related story, Arnold is leading the other candidates by four inches.

Conan O'Brien

'Shrek 2' made over $120 million during its first week. In a related story, John Kerry asked Shrek to marry him.

Henry Petroski

As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because writing about things seems to be my thing.

Anne Lamott

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories.

Alber Elbaz

A fragrance is a veritable story, told and explained in scent, in notes, in impressions. It's a score based on the emotions of each instant, a captivating music of the senses.

Albert Camus

Don't let them tell us stories

Claire Danes

Any story is better with a little love in it, right?

Daniel Kahneman

An individual who expresses high confidence probably has a good story, which may or may not be true.

Conor McPherson

I love stories that frame that: This is what life is about - you don't have a clue.

Daniel Day-Lewis

I can't honestly account for the very personal response that I have to one story and not another, a sense of an orbit, the orbit of a world that draws me as my own life recedes.

Dan Chaon

A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see.

Dan Chaon

I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them.

Dan Brown

Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.

David Mamet

If you find that a point cannot be made without narration, it is virtually certain that the point is unimportant to the story (which is to say, to the audience).

Donatella Versace

Die and born again, die and born again. It's the story of my life.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.

Doris Lessing

A story is how we construct our experiences.

Donald Kagan

History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story.

Craig Thompson

You're more than a story.

Daniel Quinn

No story is devoid of meaning ... If you know how to look for it.

Daniel Quinn

We are all captives of a story.

Dan Glickman

The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.