“Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.”
“How can you tell when a piece is finished?'I asked.'You can't,' he said flatly. 'All you can tell is when you can't do any more to it. And then you need to stop because if you don't, you will spoil it.”
“he met with the Devill, and cheated him of his Booke, wherein were written all the Witches names in England, and if he looks on any Witch, he can tell by her countenance what she is.”
“You can tell that the capitalist system is in trouble when people start talking about capitalism.”
“I've dug so deep into his background, I can practically tell you when he stopped waring diapers.”
“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.”