Moral Of The Story Quotes

• The moral of the story is this: sometimes, to do nothing, to do nothing at all, is the sorriest thing ever.

  Binnie Kirshenbaum

  Stories, Moral, Sometimes

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• Moral of the story: try to get things right, figure out what's going wrong with the scenario, and don't give up.

  Cody Lundin

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Survival

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• And the moral of the story is that you don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened. And the second moral of the story, if a story can have multiple morals, is that Dumpers are not inherently worse than Dumpees - breaking up isn't something that gets done to you; it's something that happens with you.

  John Green

  Stories, Done, Remember

  John Green (2012). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.195, Penguin UK

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• The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine.

  Jose Mourinho

  Play, Stories, Violin

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• Well, the moral of the story, The moral of this song, Is simply that one should never be Where one does not belong. So when you see your neighbor carryin' somethin', Help him with his load, And don't go mistaking Paradise For that home across the road.

  Bob Dylan

  Song, Home, Doe

  Song: The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest, Album: John Wesley Harding

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• The moral of the story is we're here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Moving, Animal, People

  Interview with David Brancaccio, "NOW" on PBS, www.pbs.org. October 07, 2005.

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• No. The moral of the story in so far as it has one is that cannibals can study logic, and that if you are going to leave the path, you better have your wits about you and know better than to trust the first scary old lady who talks to you in public.

  Nick Harkaway

  Scary, Stories, Path

  Nick Harkaway (2008). “The Gone-away World”, Random House

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• I was recently told by a guy friend that red lipstick during the summer is distracting, and I said, "You need to shut up because I love red lips in the summer." Guys are stupid, moral of the story.

  Brittany Snow

  Summer, Stupid, Guy

  "The Genius Way Brittany Snow Gets Tan Without Going in the Sun (and No, Not With Self-Tanner)". Interview with Julianne Carell, www.glamour.com. June 8, 2016.

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• To this day, we get letters at Alternative Tentacles from young teenagers who hide their Dead Kennedys albums behind their mirror or in the mattress of their bed. Wouldn't it be better if the parents just discussed this with the kids instead of creating this culture of sneaking and dishonesty within the family? The moral of the story being, you don't hide reality from your kids because then they grow up to be smarter, more aware adults.

  Jello Biafra

  Growing Up, Teenager, Kids

  Interview with Jodi Vander Molen, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. February 1, 2002.

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• The moral of the story of the Pilgrims is that if you work hard all your life and behave yourself every minute and take no time out for fun you will break practically even, if you can borrow enough money to pay your taxes.

  Will Cuppy

  Fun, Hard Work, Stories

  Will Cuppy (1950). “The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody”, p.216, David R. Godine Publisher

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• So when it comes down to it, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie: There is only one moral of the story: burn as many damn calories as possible whenever you work out.

  Jillian Michaels

  Work Out, Stories, Calories

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• The moral of the story: perceptions are everything. During each moment you are in contact with a customer, you are the organization.

  Jan Carlzon

  Organization, Perception, Stories

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• And the moral of the story is I'm Thom Yorke.

  Thom Yorke

  Stories, Moral

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• The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays.

  Julianna Margulies

  Birthday, Husband, People

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• She is so totally absorbed in a vocation - both a gift and a mastering passion - that she has no time to be absorbed with the self's worries about itself. And that is the moral of the story: You can pursue happiness by wearing a torn jersey. You can catch it by being good at something you love.

  George Will

  Love, Passion, Self

  George F. Will (1986). “The morning after: American successes and excesses, 1981-1986”, Free Pr

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• But you're the hardest thing I've ever done, and you're also the best. So... I think that's the moral of the story here. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

  Amanda Hocking

  Fighting, Thinking, Anything Worth Having

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