If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness and eternal vigor. It's only in our lifetime that running has become associated with fear and pain. Votes: 5
Before the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting. Votes: 4
But surely to tell these tall tales and others like them would be to spread the myth, the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect. Votes: 4
I've always been into having stories told to me. I was a voracious reader, my father was also a teller of tales; and the kind of Baron Munchausen proxy of a tall tale was much more interesting than a true tale. Votes: 4
I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth. Votes: 3
I'm not a fan of Dr. Seuss's better-known work, but his fables leave me awe-struck. 'Ten Tall Tales' is a collection of stories where his trademark anarchy is combined with a tautness of writing that shines an affectionate yet uncompromising spotlight on some of the absurdities of human behaviour. Votes: 3
Harlem is not a playground for rich bankers and consultants. It's got students of all colors. It's got old people who keep history and tell tall tales. Votes: 0
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. Votes: 6 Alexandre Dumas
De tales bodas, tales costras. Votes: 3 Refrán
Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal. Votes: 4 Uma Thurman