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I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell.

My kitchen is not a place to live in. I made it white so I can tell instantly if it's not clean-and I like it clean enough to be able to eat off the floors-or the tables, for that matter.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by that? But you have to tell yourself not to value that. You have to tell yourself - or at least I do - to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that's dangerous.

I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.

For me, if God blessed me with that one great hit, I'm satisfied. But I've still got a lot in me, and I'd still like to get out there and tell a lot more stories cinematically. And God willing, I'll get the chance to do that.

You don't need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when you already know what you think.

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

I've spoken to people who I swear can tell the future.

A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.

My mom and I were super tight. I think she really wanted me to be an artist, you know? She used to like to tell people she wanted to be Beethoven's mother. That was her thing. She wanted to be the mother of this person.

I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone.

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.

He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

You can tell a good putt by the noise it makes.

I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.

I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for the most part, Democrat and Republican, respected that.

The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we're always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it's the next song or just the next line.

Fans always tell me I'm beautiful, but no one will ever be as beautiful as them.

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

This is what customers pay us for - to sweat all these details so it's easy and pleasant for them to use our computers. We're supposed to be really good at this. That doesn't mean we don't listen to customers, but it's hard for them to tell you what they want when they've never seen anything remotely like it.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.