Quotes about Story of People

The history of the world is the story of people getting off track. Votes: 4

Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance. Votes: 3

The history of the United States is the story of people of many backgrounds. Votes: 3

You might say that economic history is the history of people learning to manage risk. Votes: 3

The evergreen story of people in debt becomes even sexier in an economic downturn, when debts inevitably get harder to pay. Votes: 3

America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray. Votes: 3

And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon. Votes: 3

I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds. Votes: 2

I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world. Votes: 2

A story in Asimov's is read by hundreds of thousands of people. Votes: 2

I like telling stories of imperfect people because most people are imperfect. Votes: 2

You can spin stories out of the ways people understand and misunderstand each other. Votes: 2

I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there. Votes: 2

Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden. Votes: 2

I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds. Votes: 2

I make up stories about people who are either imaginary or some variation of myself. Votes: 2

I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West. Votes: 2

America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society. Votes: 2

True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale. Votes: 2

Farscape' is a story about family. It's a story about creating life in a harsh environment. That's what a lot of people relate to in the story. Votes: 2

The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography. Votes: 2

I think that 'Heroes' really is about family. I mean, sure, it's this surreal story, and it's about people with powers, but the story behind that story is a story of family. Votes: 2

Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired - as opposed to the human experience of having done those things. Votes: 2

And so, I was not a military test pilot, but as soon as NASA expressed an interest in flying scientists and people who were not military test pilots, that was an epiphany that just came like a stroke of lightning. Votes: 2

I didn't wish those tragedies upon the people who played them out. It was certainly tragic for them, but not for me. All of those things brought me to where I am. Without those things, I couldn't be who I am, I wouldn't be here. Votes: 2

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. Votes: 2

People are the story they tell themselves. Votes: 0

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Votes: 0

The shortest distance between two people is a story. Votes: 0

I just want people to hear me and my story. Votes: 0

What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story. Votes: 0

People who know various movie versions don't really know the story. Votes: 0

Authenticy in marketing is telling a story people want to hear. Votes: 0

Atheism is a fairy story for people afraid of the Light Votes: 0

People tend to forget that the word "history" contains the word "story". Votes: 0

I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years. Votes: 0

You can't tell a story linearly if you want people to understand. Votes: 0

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story. Votes: 0

Share with people who have earned the right to hear your story. Votes: 0

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep. Votes: 0

Often what people don't say or leave out, tells the real story. Votes: 0

The best story is the story that gets to the most people. Votes: 0

I want people to hear my story, they're gonna feel my pain. Votes: 0

Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story. Votes: 0

I tend to be drawn more to people than pure story ideas. Votes: 0

I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story. Votes: 0

Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story. Votes: 0

I'm very connected to the story, the history, and the trauma people experience. Votes: 0

There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place. Votes: 0

The truth came slowly like a story told by people interrupting each other. Votes: 0

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change. Votes: 0

It's easy for people to say stuff when they don't know the full story. Votes: 0

Danger lurks when people are dissociated and detached from their own story or feelings. Votes: 0

We spent 10 years writing our first fiction story and truly hope people like it. Votes: 0

Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in. Votes: 0

People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story. Votes: 0

If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something. Votes: 0

Enemies are people who's story you haven't heard, or who's face you haven't seen. Votes: 0

In few people is discretion stronger than the desire to tell a good story. Votes: 0

Tell your story to inspired other people to rise up and live their dreams. Votes: 0

Story is where people go to practice the key skills of human social life. Votes: 0

My story is the story of forgotten people and the voice of the voiceless. Votes: 0

Most people hear me do all these freestyles and never hear me tell a story. Votes: 0

People add color to their story because they think it happened in black and white. Votes: 0

But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people. Votes: 0

Focus on sharing your story and affecting the people that are hungry for your light. Votes: 0

As society evolves, people are interested in a new take on an old beloved story. Votes: 0

That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late. Votes: 0

That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story. Votes: 0

People are less focused on the story, and more on how the story is told. Votes: 0

Some people just see the glory and they don't want to know about the story. Votes: 0

As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable. Votes: 0

People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten. Votes: 0

People think drama drives story, but I think the comedy is really the heart and soul. Votes: 0

It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters. Votes: 0

A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that the people in the story change. Votes: 0

The right people to start video blogging are those with a passion to tell a story. Votes: 0

If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them? Votes: 0

If we have people with the power to tell a story, there will always be readers. Votes: 0

People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do. Votes: 0

I'm trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me. Votes: 0

I think not many young people are willing to pay the price of telling their own story. Votes: 0

People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life. Votes: 0

It's not about people believing the story. It's about you knowing and holding it to be true. Votes: 0

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Votes: 0

All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again. Votes: 0

When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera. Votes: 0

I think when you're telling a story from inside of you that's genuine, people connect with it. Votes: 0

Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101. Votes: 0

Each time there is a news story, sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn into criminals. Votes: 0

People finally have permission to be human in the context of their work. That's the real Internet story. Votes: 0

People love a true story and especially a true story where two people from opposite worlds come together. Votes: 0

About First Landing by Robert Zubrin: Someday I'd like to read a story about competent people on Mars. Votes: 0

Other people don't know what you've gone through. And everybody has a story that you probably don't know. Votes: 0

The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story. Votes: 0

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes. Votes: 0

The more people talk about eating disorders, the more people get the real story about what they're like. Votes: 0

If you have something that people connect with, you want to keep telling that story and progressing forward. Votes: 0

I believe in storytelling, not story-selling. I want people to believe the characters are real. So I'm a realist. Votes: 0

This story, I predict, will grow to be worse than Watergate. The American people need to have the answers. Votes: 0

I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. Votes: 0

Too many times, people are hearing the story from the second floor. Nobody's heard the story from the basement. Votes: 0

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. Votes: 0

The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping. Votes: 0

So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence. Votes: 0

Telling my story is to empower people to believe in their own power. We have so much power individually. Votes: 0

It's also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book! Votes: 0

Live your life fom your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls. Votes: 0

I love stories. When I tell a story, I try to think of people sitting around a crackling campfire. Votes: 0

A blanket is a tell-all story about its endeavors with certain highly publicized people and their somewhat promiscuous acts. Votes: 0

Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story. Votes: 0

That's the most important thing for me in TV, telling the story to as many people as we can. Votes: 0

It is easier to tell a story of how people wound one another than of what binds them together. Votes: 0

Dress for the story that you'd like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth. Votes: 0

I can't help but tell people of the greatest story ever told - God's love and our eternal life. Votes: 0

Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you... Votes: 0

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. Votes: 0

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. Votes: 0

The more story-appeal there is in the picture or in the photograph, the more people would look at your ad Votes: 0

The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell. Votes: 0

Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it. Votes: 0

You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad. Votes: 0

Sometimes that happens when people don't really know how long they're going to have to stretch their story out for. Votes: 0

I'm not an activist at all. I'm a filmmaker, and I wanted the people involved to tell their own story. Votes: 0

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. Votes: 0

When people ask me about my story, I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments, the big landmark checkpoints. Votes: 0

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different. Votes: 0

I assemble stories-me and a hundred million other people-at the sentence level. Not by coming up with a sweeping story line. Votes: 0

No picture, no footage, no story. The people these days require some visual evidence in order to believe what they read. Votes: 0

For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people. Votes: 0

I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song. Votes: 0

Do you see? The story I have to tell is so small, of the people who stayed when everyone else fled. Votes: 0

To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do. Votes: 0

You are the director of your own life story. Don't cast idiots or people will walk out during your 2nd act. Votes: 0

As an actor, that's the best thing you can do, really take people along on a story and tell them something. Votes: 0

People are moved by my story, but they're only moved by my story because of what I do on the court. Votes: 0

I'm an around-the-way girl. I'm a singer, songwriter. I'm about positivity and spreading a good message and telling the people's story. Votes: 0

She's lonely and wounded and very vulnerable and it really is a story about people at the heart of it all. Votes: 0

All professions, all work, all activity in the human world finds its essential meaning in the context of a people's cosmic story. Votes: 0

I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way. Votes: 0

I sing 'All Apologies' with my own lyrics. People want to sing along, but then, oops, they realize it's a different story. Votes: 0

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people. Votes: 0

For me, performing is the biggest part of being a rapper. There's nothing like the feeling of screaming your story to people. Votes: 0

In journalism, especially, we tend to deal with large, complex systems by finding especially interesting people and story lines to focus on. Votes: 0

The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays. Votes: 0

I'm just always making things that are personal but hopefully also inspiring, and share not just my story, but other people's stories. Votes: 0

Sometimes God redeems your story by surrounding you with people who need to hear your past so it doesn't become their future. Votes: 0

I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled. Votes: 0

If people can construct a simple and coherent story, they will feel confident regardless of how well grounded it is in reality. Votes: 0

I'm trying to tell a story, to entertain. I try and do something that might just take people's minds off their troubles. Votes: 0

There were certainly some people who wanted me to do a feel-good story that affirmed a lot of very commonly held beliefs. Votes: 0

That's how it is: some people are content to wait till you ask, while others jump right in with the whole story. Votes: 0

When a song comes from a real story and from a real place I think it comes across to people. That's important. Votes: 0

You need those people to also have power and authority, and in a way that has been the story of my career. Votes: 0

These stories are ghosts, bringing people back from the dead. Just for a moment. For a visit. Every story is a ghost. Votes: 0

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling. Votes: 0

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires. Votes: 0

I think it is nice for people to appreciate a slow-burning, beautiful story that makes you feel good when it is over. Votes: 0

Every Christmas people are so nice to me, they think I am Little Tim from A Christmas Story. But I'm not. *smiles* Votes: 0

My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about God. Votes: 0

I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed. Votes: 0

It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they know. Votes: 0

Flows that go against the grain with a story so compellin' I should mind The People's Court, snatch the mic from Doug Llewellyn Votes: 0

If anything, it was a very egotistical thing because I wanted to move people. I wanted to tell a story and move people. Votes: 0

I always say that in any roomful of people, I could hive a novel out of any one person's family or life story. Votes: 0

Find advocates! Having advocates and people who will tell your story for you will only help you get noticed faster by more people. Votes: 0

One has to look at my life story to see what I've done. I've paid a heavy price that many people don't realize. Votes: 0

Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them. Votes: 0

Life is a big story. Music is just one way to tell it, to realize how many tales all kinds of people share. Votes: 0

You just have to go with a good story and a script that you like and people that you like to work with. Votes: 0

When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together. Votes: 0

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion. Votes: 0

Some people are going to leave, but that's not the end of your story. That's the end of their part in your story. Votes: 0

As more people use social media to tell the story of the future, the wants and needs of more people will be reflected. Votes: 0

I think of my father born in this very small, limited situation and then coming out of that. Many people have this story. Votes: 0

I put my heart and soul into my book - great story and awesome characters... yet people are trying to pull me down. Votes: 0

People like a story that has a lot of blood, sweat and tears. But I don't think the Slint story really has that. Votes: 0

Songs hold different memories for different people and the great ones are the ones that become a part of you and your story. Votes: 0

If you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story and to start with 'secondly'. Votes: 0

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. Votes: 0

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story. Votes: 0

What I tell people is be the best version of yourself in anything that you do. You don't have to live anybody else's story. Votes: 0

The truth of the matter is the real story are the people who rise above all of this incredible cruelty. Otherwise that cruelty wins. Votes: 0

Hopefully, other successes aren't like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn't make any sense. Votes: 0

I wish people were willing to dig a little deeper than the surface elements of a premise before tossing one story in with another. Votes: 0

When you go out for drinks, tell people to bring in a news story that made them say "Oh my god." Talk about it. Votes: 0

people who say its a long story, mean it's a stupid short one that they are too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell Votes: 0

For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that. Votes: 0

Don't allow people to define you based on reading the abstract of your story without even reading chapter 1. Continue to write the remaining chapters. Votes: 0

A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded. Votes: 0

Film 'This Changes Everything' is not a sad story. It's not a slit-your-wrists climate film. It's a story about people who are making change happen. Votes: 0

You could omit anything if you knew that the omitted part would strengthen the short story and make people feel something more than they understood Votes: 0

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories. Votes: 0

A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia. Votes: 0

People express is clearly the archetypical deregulation success story and the most spectacular of my babies. It is the case that makes me the proudest. Votes: 0

I can understand, he said, that many people, many perfectly ordinary people, have an interesting story to tell. No one's experience of life is valueless. Votes: 0

the ancient people perceived the world and themselves within that world as part of an ancient continuous story composed of innumerable bundles of other stories. Votes: 0

The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience, Votes: 0

I think the most interesting thing about any story is how people change. That's usually a struggle, because change is pretty much an uncomfortable thing. Votes: 0

I think people are tired of being slammed with foul language and sexual content that really has nothing to do with (telling a good story)... Votes: 0

Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to survive and live. Votes: 0

Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world. Votes: 0

For me, what grabs my attention about the project is usually the character immediately and then the story, and then the people that are involved. Votes: 0

The story line of the Bible is the story line of God taking the initiative in seeking out a people who are His very own. Votes: 0

I was raised by and have raised people who regard telling one story when two would do as a sign someone is not really trying. Votes: 0

I had a naïve idea that if I could tell the story, people would be outraged and do something about conditions in the jails. Votes: 0

We don't know how much we are capable of loving until the people we love are being taken away, until a beautiful story is ending. Votes: 0

Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone to receive it. Votes: 0

Twitter provides a great amount of timely information, but we still need those people to fill out the rest of the story and the context. Votes: 0

There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others. Votes: 0

I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story. Votes: 0

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear. Votes: 0

We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story. Votes: 0

I'm just trying to make the point that the story we're telling ourselves is often very different from the story we're telling the people around us. Votes: 0

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people. Votes: 0

I think there are a lot of books about thin, attractive people having thin, attractive people's problems. I'm better set up to tell a different story. Votes: 0

Writing a story is like ruling the world. Except it's even better. How many rulers out there that you know can tell people what they say? Votes: 0

Some people are probably scratching their heads and saying, How did that happen? That's because some of the media didn't give the public the full story. Votes: 0

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts. Votes: 0

Whenever I meet people for the first time, I assume that they have a great story to tell and that it's my job to find it. Votes: 0

Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like wicked stepmothers. Every day. Votes: 0

Biblical movies need not sermonize, just be honest to the foundational story. As powerful as the message is for people of faith, it's really great storytelling. Votes: 0

When we hear a story of the abuse of a child or the abuse of women almost all people are appalled by instances of that kind. Votes: 0

It's nice to dig deeper into people who may look one way but always have a story to tell. I obviously write about that a lot. Votes: 0

Success is really when you create a space, a piece of art, and people come in and say, that's my story - when they claim it. Votes: 0

I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not taken 100% serious. That's important. Votes: 0

When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century. Votes: 0

The biggest thing I worry about is the unsubstantiated story. You have to tell the people what you know -- and acknowledge what you don't know. Votes: 0

The biggest problem is that people want to tell the whole story, and they write letters that are way longer than anything I could possibly run. Votes: 0

People love stories and the more you can give information and knowledge and even wisdom through a story, the more likely you are to be heard. Votes: 0

You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie. Votes: 0

Serious people make a decision to read your fully story before they write you off. Don't worry about those who don't have time to know you. Votes: 0

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too hard to follow. Votes: 0

The biggest story in all of politics are the millions of people that are coming out to vote for me, in all fairness, for the Republican Party. Votes: 0

Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others. Votes: 0

Whenever people are excited about 'My Girl', I always think if I met the kids from 'The Neverending Story.' I would probably be the same way. Votes: 0

People wanted the world to be a story, because stories had to sound right and they had to make sense. People wanted the world to make sense. Votes: 0

I started doing some interviews with elderly people in the family because I knew they would pass away and we would lose the power of their story. Votes: 0

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any. Votes: 0

Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe. Votes: 0

I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story. Votes: 0

A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important. Votes: 0

But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other, to hear it. Votes: 0

When you're a story teller, you work out everything. You work out who these people are, what's going to be happening. The environment in which they live. Votes: 0

People don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along for the ride. Votes: 0

But I live an interesting life and I can tell a pretty good story and it has helped my career. But the downside is people know everything. Votes: 0

You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running to things that other people are running away from. Votes: 0

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms. Votes: 0

Photography has become a small world with so many jealous people. You do a story and then a lot of people try to do the same thing. Votes: 0

Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn't about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It's about making people believe in the story you're telling. Votes: 0

Ideologically, I have a lot of problems with that, especially when people toss around that form of story as realism. What's called "realism" is actually highly formulaic. Votes: 0

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience. Votes: 0

This is what life is about: seeing new places, meeting new people, grabbing life by the balls and squeezing until it coughs up a story worth telling. Votes: 0

People lie because they don't remember clear what they saw. People lie because they can't help making a story better than it was the way it happened. Votes: 0

I guess that is my favorite thing - to make people laugh and also to maybe engage them emotionally and touch them somehow in telling the story. Votes: 0

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself. Votes: 0

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning. Votes: 0

I can't impress enough upon people that if you tell an honest story that people relate to and people believe and invest in, you can do anything. Votes: 0

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story. Votes: 0

Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending. Votes: 0

If you don't tell your stories, other people will tell their story about you. It's important that we nurture and protect these memories. Things change. Existence means change. Votes: 0

A story - with a message about praising what have rather than criticizing what haven't: There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators!!! Votes: 0

People have a very proprietary relationship with Superman. It's important to respect the iconography and the canon, but at the same time, you have to tell a story. Votes: 0

People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work. Votes: 0

Interestingly, it's as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey, the embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired. Votes: 0

Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains. Votes: 0

Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never knew. Sometimes, people could surprise you. Votes: 0

I don't want to tell your story because you're a insensitive, self-centered moron. I've told a lot of stories about young people, and I always feel there's hope. Votes: 0

I learned that myth doesn't mean a lie; it means a traditional story that tells you something about people and their worldview and what they hold sacred. Interesting. Votes: 0

The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography." Votes: 0

I don't really mess with Instagram much, but I get why people love it. Because to me, it's better to tell a story through a picture than 140 characters. Votes: 0

I want New Story education to be skilling human beings and young people to provide basic human needs. Technology and all other things are icing on the cake. Votes: 0

It's the story of New York. Storefronts change and languages change, but at the end of the day, people come here to find opportunity like my family did. Votes: 0

I wanted to say what wasn't being said. I wanted to give people a real story. I wanted people to know people like me exist in the world. Votes: 0

You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson. Votes: 0

Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one. Votes: 0

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list. Votes: 0

Old people always tell you: 'When you've been around as long I have, then you can argue.' As soon as they're ripped off, it's a different story. Votes: 0

At some point in the journey of being in it for yourself, you realize you need other people. Any good frontier story, in some respect, is about that. Votes: 0

In truth, I have always been amazed by a group of people who all work toward putting one person's vision forward - that's an interesting story for me. Votes: 0

I would really hope this would make people see the short story as an important art, not just something you played around with until you got a novel. Votes: 0

The fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind. Votes: 0

I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people. Votes: 0

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me. Votes: 0

What theatre started to look at much earlier than any other form was the internal operations of ordinary people, sometimes using mythic models in order to tell the story. Votes: 0

Everybody here has a story. New Orleans was always a place where people talked too much even if they had nothing to say. Now everyone's got something to say. Votes: 0

America's story is largely an immigrant story. That hasn't changed since the Pilgrims ate their first turkey some four hundred years ago, and they were the original boat people. Votes: 0

If two people believe in the same story, they might be thousands of miles apart and total strangers, but they still have a sense they can trust each other. Votes: 0

I'm interested in reality, and I'm interested in survival. I'm interested in people who aren't the lucky ones, who maybe have a tougher time surviving, and telling their story. Votes: 0

It goes without saying that all of the people, living, dead, and otherwise, in this story are fictional or used in a fictional context. Only the gods are real. Votes: 0

An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.' Votes: 0

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth. Votes: 0

Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made. Votes: 0

Anecdotes don't make good stories. Generally I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not what people thought their anecdotes were about. Votes: 0

They've never written a love story for me since I've been on the show and I think there's just more weight to it when two people love each other. Votes: 0

I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me. Votes: 0

So the story goes, so I'm told The people he knew were Less than golden hearted Gamblers and robbers Drinkers and jokers, all soul searchers Like you and me Votes: 0

I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their version of their story. Votes: 0

People are not in good shape to where they have to question their own belief system because of a book or a story somebody wrote, or a SLAYER song. Votes: 0

The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over. Votes: 0

I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people. Votes: 0

The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct. Votes: 0

The journalist's job is to get the story by breaking into their offices, by bribing, by seducing people, by lying, by anything else to break through the palace guard. Votes: 0

Humor is important. If you're going to tell any sort of realistic story, you're going to have to have humor in it, because people are funny. Clever people especially. Votes: 0

No matter what happens, the world can be pretty ridiculous and people be pretty ridiculous, but how would you react? That's an easy filter to put any story through. Votes: 0

I really like narrative songs, but I wonder if that's a thing for some people. Once they've heard the story, do they really need to hear the story again? Votes: 0

We are not pleasant people here, for the story of war is always the story of hate; it makes no difference with whom one fights. The hate destroys you. Votes: 0

People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia. Votes: 0

When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your connections as a human being. Votes: 0