“Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
“Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
François Mitterrand book Le Coup d'État permanent
[…] No axiom in politics is more certain than this.
Le Coup d'État permanent (1964) Part III
“I’ll tell you the truth and its up to you to live with it.”
William Goldman book The Princess Bride
Source: The Princess Bride
“I’ll play it and tell you what it is later.”
Miles Davis (1926–1991) American jazz musician
In [So What: The Life of Miles Davis, John, Szwed, Random House, 2012, 9781448106462], and in many other books https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22play+anything+on+a+horn%22+miles+davis#hl=en&q=%22+and+tell+you+what+it+is+later.+%22+miles+davis&tbm=bks<br>Sometimes rendered as: I'll play it first and tell you what it is later. <br class="br">During a recording session for Prestige, on the album "Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet" (1956). <br class="br">1950s
“Tell me what you listen to, and I'll tell you who you are.”
Tiffanie DeBartolo (1970) American writer
Source: How to Kill a Rock Star
“Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.”
Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) German philosopher
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Slays
“Tell me how you want to die, and I'll tell you who you are.”
Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist
Variant: Tell me how you want to die, and I'll tell you who you are.
Source: Tears and Saints (1937)
“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.”
José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955) Spanish liberal philosopher and essayist
Source: Man and Crisis (1962), p. 94.
“Tell me what you see vanishing and I will tell you who you are”
W.S. Merwin (1927–2019) American poet