“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.”
“Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.”
“Tell me what you listen to, and I'll tell you who you are.”
Source: How to Kill a Rock Star
“If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are.”
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People
“Don't tell me you don't know what love is
When you're old enough to know better.”
Everyday I Write The Book
Song lyrics, Punch the Clock (1983)
“Tell me how you want to die, and I'll tell you who you are.”
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.”
Source: Man and Crisis (1962), p. 94.
“Tell me what you see vanishing and I will tell you who you are”
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”
Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.
Aphorism #4 http://books.google.com/books?id=enUTAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Dis-moi+ce+que+tu+manges+je+te+dirai+ce+que+tu+es%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage, Physiologie du Goût (1825)
