Story Telling Quotes

His eye begets occasion for his wit;
For every object that the one doth catch
The other more

His eye begets occasion for his wit;
For every object that the one doth catch
The other turns to a mirth-moving jest,
Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor,
Delivers in such apt and gracious words,
That aged ears play truant at his tales,
And younger hearings are quite ravished,
So sweet and voluble is his discourse.

Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.

Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.

For seldom shall she hear a tale
So said, so tender, yet so true.

For seldom shall she hear a tale
So said, so tender, yet so true.

With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which
holdeth children from play, and old men more

With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which
holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

In after-dinner talk,
Across the walnuts and the wine.

In after-dinner talk,
Across the walnuts and the wine.

A tale in everything.

A tale in everything.

Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story s told of
yourself.
[Lat., Quid rides?]
more

Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story s told of
yourself.
[Lat., Quid rides?]
Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.]

But that's another story.

But that's another story.

An' all us other children, when the supper things is done,
We set around the kitchen fire an' has more

An' all us other children, when the supper things is done,
We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun
A-list'nin' to the witch tales 'at Annie tells about
An' the gobble-uns 'at gits you
Ef you
Don't
Watch
Out!

I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.

I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.