“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”

“You can always tell how a man will treat his wife by the way he treats his mother.”

“You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.”

“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”

“You can tell you’ve found a really interesting question when nobody wants you to answer it.”

“If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.”

“You tell me whar a man gits his corn pone, en I'll tell you what his 'pinions is.”

“Girl, you can tell everybody
Yeah, you can tell everybody
Go ahead and tell everybody
Reveal the man, I'm the man, I'm the man
Yes, I am, yes, I am, yes, I am
Reveal the man, I'm the man, I'm the man”

“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”

“During every week from April to September there are, on the average, ten wild plants coming into first bloom. … No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them. … Tell me of what plant-birthday a man takes notice, and I shall tell you a good deal about his vocation, his hobbies, his hay fever, and the general level of his ecological education.”