“Tell me a joke and I will know how you behave ~ Tell me a quote and I may be your wise slave”

“Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellow man and I will tell you how much you have loved them.”

“Tell me I am not a slave, but put a leash on me and I will call you a liar.”

“I don't know how it all at once came to me to talk a lot, tell jokes, kick up, and suddenly have views. When it was time to have them, there was no telling how I picked them from the air.”

“To quote French author François Mauriac, ‘Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who your are' is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.”

“I want you to tell me why you have a pair of broken angel wings on your shoulder. I want you to tell me why you cut your wrists and I want to know why and how you play and sing the way you do, but most of all I want you to tell me what I need to do to be a good enough man for you.”