Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong.
I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.
I like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something.
People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.
I want to tell stories about Europe - I feel profoundly European, I don't feel like an American.
I found out was, by the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling.
I kiss, but I don't tell.
Whether it's theatre or TV or film, you're hoping you're going to bump into a writer that's got a bit of honour in him, that wants to tell a good story and is able to tell it well.
Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.
It's probably a bit of a power trip when you befriend somebody enough that they trust you to tell you things.
If you tell me your name and date of birth, that's all I need to steal your identity.
What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty. The authors tell some story as though it's true, but they don't have any evidence that it is true!
I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a writer has always been to tell a good story and give my readers a good time.
Most of the coaches just tell you, 'No, no, you're doing well. This is fine.' But I actually want someone who will tell me what I didn't do right so that I can improve.
The nice thing about my job is that it allows me to look deeper into issues and then tell stories with that information.
I am so happy that I didn't go to school and I didn't have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly. And what you do with music and what is the correct way to write it and what is not the correct way to write it.
Twenty years on, the books are still fun to write and I've still got lots of stories I want to tell, mainly about social injustice and people chewed up by the system.
I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.
What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S.
Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with.
That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they tell you it is. And there really is a God - so do I buy that one? If all the other cliches are true... Hell, don't pose me that one.
Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.
I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.
You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.
I was always told I was ugly. I still think I am ugly. I know I've got an odd face and you can't tell me otherwise.
You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.
If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you - and fight alongside you - until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.
I know that some people shy away from what I say. They think it is too blunt, but when you don't give people that, they feel like you are being fake and you're not telling the truth. So it's like, you want me to tell the truth, but when I do, it's too much for you.
So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
The iPod has changed all that because sometimes I listen to an album from beginning to end, but now I put the stuff on shuffle and have the iPod tell me what I'm listening to, especially if I'm working out.
