Told Quotes

“I want something good to die for. . . to make it beautiful to live.”
― Stacey T. Hunt, The Adventure Begins

“In some cases we neglect our health, because we were never told about its value.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Then turn your eyes back on me,
and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension, and are incapable of understanding adult subjects.”
― V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

“All the best secrets are told at night.”
― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Fools

“Maybe stories choose how they are told and who tells them.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“We are told that in translation there is no such thing as equivalence. Many times the translator reaches a fork in the translating road where they must make a choice in the interpretation of a word. And each time they make one of these choices, they are taken further from the truth. But what we aren’t told is that this isn’t a shortcoming of translation; it’s a shortcoming of language itself. As soon as we try to put reality into words, we limit it. Words are not reality, they are the cause of reality, and thus reality is always more. Writers aren't alchemists who transmute words into the aurous essence of the human experience. No, they are glassmakers. They create a work of art that enables us to see inside to help us understand. And if they are really good, we can see our own reflections staring back at us.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“The emphasis of the churches were not in how much work or home keeping is done in the four walls of the church itself, they rather told the Protestants to go prove their love to God at their work places through the quality of their works”
― Sunday Adelaja

“No matter the adversity, you can choose and take actions to determine how your story will be written, told, and end. You are the author, actor, and director no matter who else believes they are.”
― Jeffrey G. Duarte

“Run!" Tia yelled.
Like I needed to be told.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Firefight

“The pain of what happened next lives in our collective memory. It mauls our souls each day. Yet it must be told. Silence guarantees no healing. It promises that the child's life would be forgotten and that its mission might, one day, be thought significant. Silence is the enemy of history, and history is all we have.”
― Daniel Black, The Coming

“We got to see a Corsair ship up close – all matt black, no markings, no lights – and practically invisible out here in the dark! What a sight to behold! Most people don’t get to see those bastards up close. That is, for very long! Anyways, the ship was just floating there, no sign of life. Our hails weren’t being answered, and so we assumed the ship was dead in space. Captain Mulligan, gods-rest-his-soul, told me to form a boarding party of security and medics from the sickbay and that we were going over there. We weren’t a military ship, and we’re not Star Marines, so we were lightly armed and quite nervous. I mean, this wasn’t just some of my security section being called out to break up a fight at one of the bars on the promenade, this was serious life-and-death shit! So I said ‘okay’, and told my assistant supervisor, Lisa Garfner, to get them all together. Seven of us shifted over to the other ship with the transmatter (you still use those things, I take it?) not knowing what to expect. It could’ve been anything… and it was. It was crazy.”
― Christina Engela, Space Vacation

“Unfortunately, the board of directors that the middle managers report to generally make them aggressive. Imagine being hired into a company and then being told that you have to ignore the emerging health and safety issues (This is illegal!) and not inform the workers that the system is known to be dangerous (This is illegal!). You have two options: To go to jail for illegal activities sometime in the future, or to lose your job now and have all your USA workplace rights removed for recognizing the illegal activities that your Directors want you to engage in. Welcome to the corporate America management team!”
― Steven Magee

“A hand touched my shoulder, shaking me. I was back on the bus. It was dark and warm and I just wanted to sleep, but Chloe kept shaking my shoulder.
“Tori?” she whispered. “We’re at a truck stop. It’s Derek. He . . . he’s not feeling good. It could be the Change again. He needs to get off the bus. I’m going with him.”
“Mmmph.”
“Are you awake? Did you hear what I said?”
“Yeah, yeah. Derek Changing. You going.”
She said something else, but I was already drifting back to sleep. Then she was gone.
I bolted upright in the pool house. Chloe had told me they were getting off the bus. Damn it! I’d screwed up.”
― Kelley Armstrong

“Go not as told by others, But by other ways go.”
― William Marshall

“And the truth from so much lies.... wasn't ever told...”
― Deyth Banger, ((...)...)...

“Aside from all that, she was carrying about a million tons of titanium ore to the heavy industries on Gorda. All told, that would take care of their traveling arrangements for the next year or so, pretty much.”
― Christina Engela, Black Sunrise

“Now she is ignoring me as first

...

AS second


Not every word
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sentece
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text
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can be told
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read and written.”
― Deyth Banger, Deeper Level C#N

“What would you do if I told you your desire to masturbate is coming from your environment?”
― Steven Magee

“My employer never told me about Shift Work Disorder.”
― Steven Magee, Night Shift Recovery

“I have been through a brain scanner three times and was told every time I have a good looking brain!”
― Steven Magee

“Had President Obama told the world that the Desoto Solar Farm had gone on fire and what had caused it, many of the subsequent solar fires may have been prevented.”
― Steven Magee

“Magnesium is a known cure for sleep apnea and none of my sleep doctors told me to take it!”
― Steven Magee

“Society really is going straight to hell now that we're rewarding criminals. You should be ashamed of yourself."
I don't miss Joelle's eye roll, the way her chest heaves as she inhales and pivots back to the woman. "Actually, I think this is a sign of a good society, helping people who need it. And the only person here who should be ashamed is you. I make the best damn matcha latte in all of Portland and you didn't like it. That means your taste buds are crap."
The start of a chuckle falls from my lips before I clear my throat.
"And on top of that, you went out of your way to make a kid cry. Pretty damn shameful all around."
The lady's jaw plummets all the way to the floor at what Joelle said. "That's it. I'm out of here."
"Thank god," Joelle mutters. I hold back a laugh.”
― Sarah Echavarre Smith, The Boy With the Bookstore

“My girlfriend told me she was straight. It later emerged she was a secret bisexual!”
― Steven Magee

“I saw fingerprint sized bruises on her thighs. She told me she had been bumping into things at work. They disappeared afterwards. I later discovered she was having affairs.”
― Steven Magee

“We have beautiful stories untold
When time's up, they'll unfold
Beautiful stories, new and old
Yet, they're as good as gold”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“The Ukrainian men should have been smart and told President Zelensky they would defend Ukraine, but not the traditionally Russian part of Ukraine that Russia was invading.”
― Steven Magee