Show Me Dont Tell Me Quotes & Sayings

The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of their income. — Ha-Joon Chang

Now the second common characteristic of fiction follows from this, and it is that fiction is presented in such a way that the reader has the sense that it is unfolding around him. This doesn't mean he has to identify himself with the character or feel compassion for the character or anything like that. It just means that fiction has to be largely presented rather than reported. Another way to say it is that though fiction is a narrative art, it relies heavily on the element of drama. — Flannery O'Connor

I dont want to tell my dreams, I want to show them! — Cristiano Ronaldo

People will help, they just want to check 'How good are you without them?'. Just Show Them. — Prerak Trivedi

I never felt with her the way I feel whenever I even catch sight of you. — Huntley Fitzpatrick

Time's a river, Locke, and we've always drifted farther down it than we think. — Scott Lynch

Maybe this is why Mommy told Margot not to go to college with a boyfriend. When you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, you only want to be with that person, and you forget about everybody else, and then when the two of you break up, you've lost all your friends. They were off doing fun stuff without you. — Jenny Han

Readers should aspire to what is excellent. They should refuse to read a substitute Bible. They should want a Bible that calls them to their higher selves - or to something higher than their current level of attainment. — Leland Ryken

Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning. — Louise Fitzhugh

I love boats. Anything that runs, anything mechanical. It's my God-given passion in life. — Dennis Washington

In writing. Don't use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the thing you are describing. I mean, instead of telling us a thing was "terrible," describe it so that we'll be terrified. Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers, "Please will you do my job for me."
[Letter to Joan Lancaster, 26 June 1956] — C.S. Lewis

Famous people don't want to be told that you have a quality in common with them. It makes them think there's something crawling in their clothes. — Don DeLillo

I don't think I'll ever be able to tell you how sorry I am. It doesn't mean I won't try, because you, Perry, you deserve a lifetime of servitude. Eons of groveling. Even then, I dont' think I can show enough, do enough to let you see. And that's OK. You have every right to hate me for this lifetime and many others. You have every right to never see me again. To spit on my grave. But tonight, now I"m not going to give up on you. I'm going to fix you, or die trying". — Karina Halle

There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they are. I would like them to be more personal. The emotions, the songs themselves are personal. I can't do it - I've tried to write personally and it just doesn't seem to work. It would be too obvious. Some things that you could read in could fit into anyone's life that had any amount of pain at all. It's pretty cliche'. — Kurt Cobain

I grew up in Wahpeton, N.D., and I didn't leave until I was 18, and I've kept going back. — Louise Erdrich