Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
Ice T

I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen.
Erykah Badu

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.
Serena Williams

We're not running the ball again until we get ahead. Shula was calling the plays, but I told them, 'I don't care what he calls. We're throwing every pass from now until we get the lead.' To Shula's credit, he always gave me that option.
Dan Marino

At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.
Gwen Stefani

When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.
Terry Bradshaw

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.
Margaret Atwood

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.
Billie Jean King

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
Herodotus

You've probably read in People that I'm a nice guy - but when the doctor first told me I had Parkinson's, I wanted to kill him.
Michael J. Fox

I never told a joke in my life.
Andy Kaufman

When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset.
Salma Hayek

I peaked early. I was told I'd missed my boat.
Moon Unit Zappa

My boyfriend keeps telling me I've got to own things. So, first I bought this car. And then he told me I oughta get a house. 'Why a house?' 'Well, you gotta have a place to park the car.'
Julia Roberts

I hate every human being on earth. I feel that everyone is beneath me, and I feel they should all worship me. That's what I told my kids. I think I must have been Adolf Hitler in a past life.
Roseanne Barr

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.
Theodor Adorno

It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball.
Wilt Chamberlain

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
Tallulah Bankhead

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.
Andre Gide