They Told Me Quotes

My boys told me they'd rather play than practice. — Jimmy Smith

All my teachers told me that a degree would mean a high paid
job. They lied. — Jennifer Gilby Roberts

If someone had told me a few months ago that this would be my life, I would have recommended they seek help for their crazy. — Cambria Hebert

Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children. — Hillary Clinton

Somebody approached me about writing a biography on me, I told them they were too late. — Zach Braff

When Queer Eye hit, the church told my mom they were praying for me. She said, God loves him too. And I support him 100 percent. — Jai Rodriguez

When I went to London, they told me I spoke with a funny accent - English with a Chinese accent. — Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Prince decided to move from Minneapolis to Toronto. Jimmy Jam told me that they were living there now. — Rick Dees

My enemies embarrassed you. So they embarrassed me, Darrow. You told me you would win. But then you lost. And that changes everything. — Pierce Brown

They told me I'd never probably see the front-line area. — Jessica Lynch

At the time I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, my doctors told me that I had an incurable illness and they didn't know much about it. — Mary Ann Mobley

That's okay," you told me. "I like them better when they're dried up. I'll keep them for years. Until our Get Rid of the Roses anniversary. — David Levithan

From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and They told me to do it! It's their fault, not mine. — Max Brooks

They told me that to make her fall in love I had to make her laugh. But everytime she laughs I'm the one who falls in love — Bob Marley

Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. 'Beat it, ' I said, 'go sit on a tack!' 'We made you, ' they said. 'Like hell you did, ' I told them. — Katharine Hepburn

I tentatively attempted to make contact with the muscles in my body. They told me to leave them the fuck alone. — Richelle Mead

I also am not particularly risk-averse - I don't mind jumping off a cliff if I trust the people who've told me they'll catch me at the bottom. — Jeff VanderMeer

They asked me why I don't quit drinking, I told 'em I'm not a quitter. — The Weeknd

The police stopped me when I was out in my car. They told me it was a spot check. I admitted to two pimples and a boil. — Chic Murray

They wanted me to crawl," she told Magdalena finally. "And I'm ready to run. — Courtney Angela Brkic

I know I'm not perfect, but I didn't think it was fair that they told me one thing and wrote down another. — Jack Gantos

Take words and make them useful,' she told me. 'drain them of all the crappy meanings they used to mean and make them mean something useful instead. — Scott Bradfield

A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I had no idea I could make it this far. And the fact that they told me I made it this far and that America is going to vote for me, I freaked out. — Casey Abrams

When I was young, I thought I was a bird at one time. Then they told me I can't fly, so I stopped flying. — Anthony Liccione

When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me. — Carrot Top

And you know what you once told me, about how people's eyes have something honest about them when they're watching a fire. — Haruki Murakami

Your kindness, beauty, and simplicity remind me the stories about angels, and I was told they are just legends and myths. — M.F. Moonzajer

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't. — Marilyn Monroe

It wasn't until I got 'SNL' that my parents told me they were a little bit worried, like that I would have food to eat. — Jorma Taccone

They asked me what coach I was in. I sighed and told them the truth. "I'm in a special coach, girls, heading straight for death — Alexander Solschenizyn

I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do. — Jacki Weaver

I wanted to join the Army the sign said 'Be All That You Can Be', they told me it wasn't enough. — Jay London

Truth be told, I didn't intend to get caught. I don't worry about repercussions until they smack me in the head. — Anonymous

I have three brothers, and they'd torture me if I ever told them I liked a boy. — Madeline Carroll

When they told me that by the year 2100 women would rule the world, my reply was 'Still?' — Winston Churchill

And they told me to keep watch over a 'lady.'"
I couldn't help but smirk. A lady.
I lunged and defeated her guard.
I was a war mage. — Rachel E. Carter

When people asked me what I did for a living, I told them I make pilots. They thought I was a stewardess. — Suzanne Somers

They looked like two children, she told me. And that thought frightened her, because she'd always felt that only children are capable of everything. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way. — Candis Cayne

The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold. — June Allyson

I shook my head. "They want out. Dominic told me they were cuttin' ties with you! — L.A. Casey

My parents always told me, 'Do what you love because that is what you will do well in.' They told me to make sure that you are happy. — Dylan Lauren

They told me I couldn't. That's why I did. — Unknown

I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off. — George R R Martin

I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right. — Brian May

I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled knowingly. — Richard H. Davis

Some people have told me they remember the film that one of my images is derived from, but in fact I had no film in mind at all. — Cindy Sherman

I let my eyes deceive me from the start, they told me I wanted her more than I wanted you. Guess my eyes were bigger than my heart. — Conway Twitty

Someone told me that when they go to Vermont, they feel like they're home. I'm that way at Saks. — Caroline Rhea

Henry Ford once said, "If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, 'A faster horse! — Walter Isaacson

I always give a print to everybody I photograph, and some of my subjects have told me they have a hard time hanging them up at home. — Catherine Opie

Girls need to know they can break the rules. If the nuns had told me that, I could have saved twenty years. — Gloria Steinem

I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.' — Amber Riley

My mom once told me that a good relationship isn't where the other person makes you feel better, but where they make *you* better. — Brian K. Vaughan

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it. — Bruce Springsteen

They told me to just "act like myself." When I said, "How do I do that?" they said to just have fun with it, but I'm not sure what they meant. — Steve Martin

They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof. — William Shakespeare

It is not often one chooses a demon over an angel.
So they told me. But this demon was the only one who made me feel safe. — Heather Heffner

Here," an old sugar worker told me, "the people have a great love for martyrs
but only after they're dead. Before, there's nothing but complaints. — Eduardo Galeano

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

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way. — Adriana Trigiani

I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but I did what they did. — Andrew Young

People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again after I was 16. — Jodie Foster

Remember what I told you. If they hated me, they will hate you. — Sinead O'Conner

Everyone needs cowboy boots, she told me, in case they need to ride a horse someday — J.M. Darhower

One lawyer told me that he never drinks water or eats in front of the jury because they can't do either one. — Jeremy Sumpter

A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it. — Hannah Gadsby

As one veteran Russian pilot dryly told me:We have to be very careful flying in the clouds. Around here they are full of rocks. — Alan Hinkes

But they told me a man should be faithful, and walk when not able, and fight till the end but I'm only Human. — Michael Jackson

When I was a kid, nobody told me I was good-looking. I wish they had. I would've had a better time. — Robert Redford

All sorts of people told me their stories. Then they left, never to return, as if I were no more than a bridge they were clattering across. — Haruki Murakami

My whole life, people have told me that I have a staring problem. They're hilariously mistaken: I'm very good at staring. — S. Hart

They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves. — John Of The Cross

Somebody once told me that good friends are like Tootie Pops, if you don't bite them they won't bite you. Erin Swift — Denise Vega

I can't tell him that I didn't see him until they told me to look. — Ally Condie

My parents used to say to me to save. Always save. They also told me to invest in properties and to never go over your monthly allowance. — Amy Childs

The report card just told me, my teacher, my parents maybe 3 weeks before when they gave me a test HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY POTENTIAL. — Bob Proctor

The little grey cells, my friend, the little grey cells! They told me. — Agatha Christie

I didn't expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often. — Shakira

You told me it was a mistake to fight the scarred warriors. They were the survivors. — Michael Scott

This book is dedicated to all the people who told me they enjoyed Dead Until Dark. Thanks for the encouragement. — Charlaine Harris

If you let words go buzzing out of your mouth like bees, she always told me, they will come back and sting you. — Susan Fletcher

He said I was trapped. He had trapped me. I told him to carefully consider what trapped animals do when they do not wish to be trapped. — J.M. McDermott

The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition. — Gordon Parks

Everything they told me as a kid has already been disproved by the same type of "experts" who made them up in the first place. — John Lennon

They told me I've got writer's cramp. So is that better than the block? — Joyce Rachelle

I got me a car and I got me some gas,Told everybody they could kiss my ass ... — Glenn Frey

If I told my parents that I was going to do that [ to be really counsel to a Prime Minister] when I was kid, they would probably put me in therapy. — Warren Mundine

A wise man once told me that the place where they make law is the place where they're the least likely to obey it, — Larry Correia

Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew. — Doris Lessing

I was really blessed with parents who never said I couldn't do anything. And now I reflect as an adult on that, 'Wow, they never told me no!' — Olesya Rulin

She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then not using magic can give them what they need. — Terry Pratchett

My doctors asked what was wrong when they found me pale faced and lifeless. I told them I spent an immense amount of time stuDYING. — Karen Quan

Dale Earnhardt told me it doesn't matter if fans boo or cheer, as long as they're making noise. — Kurt Busch

When I was in school the teachers told me practice makes perfect; then they told me nobody's perfect so I stopped practicing. — Steven Wright

Size and strength didn't intimidate Herman. As he told me later, no matter how big they grow, balls and eyes stay soft and a tire tool has no friends. — Joe R. Lansdale

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic. — Grace Hopper

I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny. — Demetri Martin

When I met Judd Apatow, he told me I should start writing screenplays. They'd be really bad at first, but the more I did it, the better I'd get. — Bill Hader