I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
Bea Arthur

My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And I have used that lesson in everything in my life, including the Railways.
Lalu Prasad Yadav

I was told I had an overabundance of original sin.
Susan Sarandon

I have not told half of what I saw.
Marco Polo

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
Ama Ata Aidoo

They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment.
Wentworth Miller

I've been spoiled by this project. I was given the script and went in to read, realizing that this was a powerful story and one that wasn't told very often.
Wentworth Miller

They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?
Dee Dee Warwick

But she told me she was never going to drink again.
David Gest

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.
Bob Woodward

I told you to sell it, not give it away.
Jerome Robbins

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.
Eric Morecambe

The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane.
Kylie Minogue

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
Adolf Hitler

On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.
Alfred de Vigny

I can't remember ever being told how to ride.
Gordon Richards

I don't like being told someone's interpretation of something that I do.
Jonathan Brandis

I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.
Roger Sessions

It is such a relief to be told the truth.
Katherine Anne Porter

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.
Doug Coupland