It is hubris, claim the critics of 'absolutism', to suppose that we could ever even approximate to a true description of how… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
Most of what Congress does fits the description of forcing one American to serve the purposes of another American. That description differs… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
When philosophers try to understand consciousness, much of what they claim is not conceptual analysis at all, though it may be shopped… — Patricia Churchland Copy Share Image
I don't want any description of me to be accurate; I want it to be flattering. I don't think people who have… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
If you look at most womens writing, women writers will describe women differently from the way male writers describe women. The details… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story. Good description is a learned skill,one of the prime reasons… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Terminus sniffed. “I guard borders. I don’t kill giants. It’s not in my job description. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“The sky was low and broody, but from here, near the treeline, you could see the forest rolling down into the valley,… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its… — Martha Grimes Copy Share Image
Bliss defies description, obviously, since it annihilates you, since you're not there to experience it. You get the lead-up and the come-down,… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
We believe in encouraging the talented, but we believe that while survival of the fittest may be a good working description of… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
Utopias are presented for our inspection as a critique of the human state. If they are to be treated as anything but… — William Golding Copy Share Image
“...his eyes were exactly the color of that gleaming golden-brown moss you see on stones under the clear water of running brooks.” — Eleanor Cameron Copy Share Image
We must do away with all explanation, and description alone must take its place. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“Dr. Morris soon recognized that the difference between successful and unsuccessful marriages can often be traced to how well couples are able… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
“There is no moon. The stars have risen and fallen and given way to a new spread, to the smeared heart of… — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions. — Mary Martha Sherwood Copy Share Image
No prosaic description can portray the grandeur of 40 miles of rugged mountains rising beyond a placid lake in which each shadowy… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
His rage passes description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
The truly enlightened are not necessarily very religious. Religon is a convienent description to take care of our fears, to passify us. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Every type of purely direct concrete description bears the mark of artistic portrayal. — Max Weber Copy Share Image
