“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”

“Tell me what you see vanishing and I will tell you who you are”

“Tell me what you listen to, and I'll tell you who you are.”

“Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.”

“Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Show me the person they sleep with and I will tell you their valuation of themselves.”

“If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are.”

“If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of douts of my own.”

“Don't tell me what I should do until you show me what you can do.”

“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.”

“I am less than what you tell about me but more than what you think about me”