D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
“Don't tell me the sky's the limit.”
“Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.”
“Don't tell me this town 'aint got no heart”
“Don't tell me to believe. Don't tell me to believe in the same God or laws that men believe in who commit these murders. Don't tell me to believe that God can bless this country and that men are judged by their peers. Who among his peers judged him? Was I there? Was the minister there? Was Harry Williams there? Was Farrell Jarreau? Was my aunt? Was Vivian? No, his peers did not judge him, and I will not believe.”
Source: A Lesson Before Dying: A Novel
“Don't tell me to leave-you leave. If Obama, if Clinton, if Mittens Romney, if Rick Santorum, if Neutered Gingrich, if Herman '999 666' Cain, if Michelle Bachmann, if Sarah Palin, if Harry Reid-if any of these people want to tell me to leave because I don't believe their BS, come over and we can talk. You want to go man-to-man with me? We could go at it. Don't send one of your flunkies.”
“Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.”
“Don't tell me what delusion he entertains regarding God, or what mountebank he follows in politics, or what he springs from, or what he submits to from his wife. Simply tell me how he makes his living. It is the safest and surest of all known tests. A man who gets his board and lodging on this ball in an ignominious way is inevitably an ignominious man.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“Don't tell me what I can't do!”
“Don't tell me what I'm doing; I don't want to know.”
“Don't tell me what I'm not doing when I'm doing what you don't think I'm doing!”
“Don't tell me what they did to you as though you had no choice. Tell me, isn't that your picture? Isn't that your voice.”
“Don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say. And please, when I go out with you, don't put me on display.”
“Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.”
“Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.”
“Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value.”
“Don't tell me what's in the Red Book. I wrote the goddamned thing. And I know that it's a lot of crap.”
“Don't tell me what's necessary, you presumptupus pup. What's necessary is whatever I wish to do, regardless of how unnecessary it might be.”
“Don't tell me women are not the stuff of heroes.”
“Don't tell me words don't matter.”
“Don't tell me you can pitch...pitch. Don't tell me you can sell...sell.”
“Don't tell me you don't know what love is When you're old enough to know better.”
“Don't tell me you're going to be on the honor roll. Shut up! Go to work! And show me!”
“Don't tell me you're my friend. Act like one.”
“Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.”
“Don't tell me you're trusting God until you trust Him with your pocketbook.”
“Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart, I just don't think it'd understand.”
Source: Hillbilly Heart
“Don't tell people how good you make the goods; tell the how good your goods make them.”
“Don't tell people how to live, demonstrate by example.”
“Don't tell people they can do the impossible. Tell people that they can do the possible that they think is impossible.”
“Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.”
“Don't tell people you are broke. Guilting fans into buying your music never works.”
“Don't tell people you care about them when all you really care about is getting your own way.”
Source: What Happened to Lani Garver
“Don't tell readers what to think. Let the action speak for itself.”
Source: The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel
“Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz.”
“Don't tell them too much about your soul. They're waiting for just that.”
Source: Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954
“Don't tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let's just have another look at Italy's winning goalo.”
“Don't tell us about dreams – dream dinners aren't any good and we can't share them.”
Source: The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition
“Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
“Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. "How are you" is a greeting, not a question.”
“Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'.”
“Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.”
“Don't tell yourself you don't need love just because it hasn't found you yet.”
“Don't tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation.”
“Don't tense up no matter what, for you only close off creative power when you do.”
Source: The Tough-Minded Optimist
“Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn . . . The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power.”
Source: James Brown: The Godfather of Soul
“Don't test God and make some tests for him. That doesn't make any sense. Besides that he can do anything, above everything you could ask. He wants your heart to be real. He wants a volunteering lover. That's why he gives you a choice. He can tell a tree to grow and it will grow. But it's up to you to decide whether you obey him or not, he gave you a will. Even though he didn't give a tree a will, he gave you a will. And he says: "I want you to grow, will you grow? I want you to love me, will you love me? Like I love you, I love you so much."”
“Don't text or twitter during the show. Just live your life. Don't keep telling people what you're doing. Just, because also - also - it lights up your big dumb face.”
“Don't thank me,' Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. 'Impress me!”
“Don't thank your parents. If you were raised in a nurturing environment, you wouldn't be in show business. Don't say, 'Wow, this is heavy.' Of course it's heavy. It contains the shattered dreams of four other people.”