(166 quotes found)
“Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.”
Bible
“Never trust the artist. Trust the tale.”
David Herbert Lawrence
“The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.”
Charles Lamb
“I am often asked why I nearly always select old material, fairy tales and legends for my stage works. I do not look upon them as old, but rather as valid material. The time element disappears, and only the spiritual power remains. My entire interest is in the expression of spiritual realities. I write for the theater in order to convey a spiritual attitude.”
Carl Orff
“Mark Lewis was the tale of two city managers: He was the best we ever had and he was the worst we ever had.”
Councilman Clem Lee
“It was the tale of two halves. I was disappointed in how we played in the first half. We talked about having great defensive intensity and we didn't have it. I'm glad about how we (fixed it).”
Ken Tyler
“The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that; though as the narrator's voice recedes the connections will seem to grow more tenuous, for each age will want the tale told as if it were of its own making.”
Clive Barker
“frightening the public with tales of a drug so seductive it instantly turns masses of upstanding citizens into addicts who ruin their health, their lives and their families.”
John Tierney
“The unit really ties in to all areas of the curriculum. The fairy tale is the center of the thematic unit, but it really is just the vehicle we use to teach all of the other subject areas.”
Cindy Williams
