While I have questions about the language used in describing the two economic systems, I think people have fairly good gut sense… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have made a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The laws of thought are natural laws with which we have no power to interfere, and which are of course not to… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
Describing beauty is almost impossible because we perceive it, rather than describe it. If you look at a Rembrandt painting and start… — John Lennox Copy Share Image
I honestly don’t know whether I am describing something essential about the way we know God or merely my own weakness of… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
Parts exist only for purposes of figuring and describing, and as we figure the world out we become confused if we do… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I don't like the word 'poetry,' and I don't like poetry readings, and I usually don't like poets. I would much prefer… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I like to think of photographing as a two-way act of respect. Respect for the medium, by letting it do what it… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
Why, listening to Obama talk about his economic triumphs over the last three years might make you want to move to the… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
And then he says, "The writer must be true to truth." And that's a killer, because the only way you can describe… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
My grandma forbid us from describing ourselves as poor. She said, 'we're broke.' Because broke is temporary. — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
I heard the term "mamisma" when describing Speaker of the House [Nancy] Pelosi, how she was speaking from that place which is… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
The whole genius of an author consists in describing well, and delineating character well. Homer, Plato, Virgil, Horace only excel other writers… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A friend told me of visiting the Dalai Lama in India and asking him for a succinct definition of compassion. She prefaced… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
Liberals and leftists are not wrong in describing romanticism as reactionary, because it did indeed become that after 1810. The problem is… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
The critic is actually describing a conscious representation of their interaction with the wine, and therefore the score of rating is a… — Jamie Goode Copy Share Image
How can we describe the most exalted experience of our physical lives [sex], as if-jack, wrench, hubcap, and nuts-we were describing the… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
In the end, I'm convinced we will all benefit if suspicion is replaced by discussion, innuendo by dialogue; if the emphasis in… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
There exists a black kingdom which the eyes of man avoid because its landscape fails signally to flatter them. This darkness, which… — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image
You write down a paragraph or two describing several different subjects creating a kind of story ingredients-list, I suppose, and then cut… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I hate the word juicy in describing anything: lips, plots, oranges. But especially novels. It feels - icky. Reminds me of saliva. — Lauren Grodstein Copy Share Image
Describing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear. — Yasser Seirawan Copy Share Image
Only the camera seems to be really capable of describing modern life. — Alexander Rodchenko Copy Share Image
