Quotes of: Success-stories Keyword

The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.

Pat Conroy

I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.

Quentin Tarantino

I like good stories above all else... and kickin' art really goes the final stretch to ensure a comic is good.

Robert Kirkman

For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story. But even that was a memorable event, in the locked loneliness in which one had to live.

1984

The role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a single problem into another form. ... It was like a piece of paper bearing the indecipherable text of a magic spell.

1Q84

... instead of spelling stories you spread silence, which was outside the alphabet.

The $60,000 Dog: My Life with Animals

In this time of 'information overload', people do not need more information. They want a story they can relate to.

Around The World in 80 Brands

While the characters drive the epic story of Robotech, it’s the robotic mecha that capture the imagination.

The Art of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles

Instead of worship or ignorance of the past, we must make our own tools, our own stories, and our own legends.

Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs

For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.

In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams

She can paint a lovely picture, but this story has a twist. her paintbrush is a razor, and her canvas is her wrist.

After

To be powerful, a kiss should make a journey, be its own story--begin with hesitation, move to realization, then melt into bliss.

The Actor and the Housewife

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

I may not have written the song, but I could add my story to it. Everyone out there could. That was what made music so powerful.

Amplified

We call them grunters. They're ghost hunters but grunters is more appropriate because most of them are pigs.

Angel of Fire: Book One of Zach's Story

I have neither the ability of a poet or the flourish of a dramatist. But I must admit I was floored

Anything for You, Ma'am: An IITian's Love Story

So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back.

Ava: My Story

We can choose not to remember this day, but bones have strong memories. And earth never forgets.

AlmaMia Cienfuegos and Other Stories

God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.

Ava: My Story

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him participate in synchronized diving.

Another Whole Nother Story

In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.

The Attack on the Mill and Other Stories