Definition of Telling

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Definition of Telling
	Telling of Tell Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech. Related Definitions: As, Effect, Effective, Great, Of, Operating, Speech, Tell, Telling, With

Telling Quotations

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
Mark Twain

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
C. S. Lewis

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.
Bill Cosby

Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.
Walt Disney

People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.
Ogden Nash

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Aristotle

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Aristotle

I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.
Bear Bryant

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
Jane Austen

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

Telling Translations

telling in French is racontant

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