“The house was silent, but somewhere in the garden was a swimming pool filled with unsettled water.” — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal. — Mayim Bialik Copy Share Image
A singer is someone who puts out an album. That's a very generous description. — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
In this book I do not intend to give a blow-by-blow description of a sex bout: I find them inartistic, clinical and… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
I can't please everyone. That's not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description. — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
“On the floor beside the spare pillow that had tumbled from the bed in her sleep was a single yellow flower. Five… — Hazel Gaynor Copy Share Image
I think that as a playwright, if I detail that environment, then I'm taking away something from them [designers]. I'm taking away… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you… — Gary Cooper Copy Share Image
Monologues, in some ways, are the most scientific descriptions of consciousness and even of gatherings. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Interesting phenomena occur when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, and these phenomena illustrate very aptly the enrichment of information that… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
“Zachariah's eyes were described as being of the deepest blue. Yet were a person to shine a light at him tonight, straight… — Emma Richler Copy Share Image
It is often said that reading is a gift, but to my mind that is an insufficient description, for the size of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“To put it succinctly: description without prescription is the germ of resignation, and prescription without description is mere whim.” — Reza Negarestani Copy Share Image
Emo is pathetic. It's a tired attempt at making bad music cool, all while rocking dumb haircuts and unisexual belts. Furthermore, adding… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Leaving out appraisal also would render the biological description of the phenomena of emotion vulnerable to the caricature that emotions without an… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
“A writer need not be bound by flat statement like "It was a rough sea," when verbs like tumble and roil and… — Rebecca McClanahan Copy Share Image
Temptation is impossible for me to resist Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description. — Tom Sizemore Copy Share Image
We defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“Her features were dainty, her small slender wrists climbed up to become the delicate shoulders that beckoned him. Her skin was like… — Faraaz Kazi Copy Share Image
“Fitz pulled her forward, and the warm tingling in her hand shot through her body--like a million feathers swelling underneath her skin,… — Shannon Messenger Copy Share Image
The terrain of the mysteries is the ordinary. To seek out mystery, we don't have to go anywhere. We must simply change… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
Remember the 'Parable of the Talents' in the New Testament? Christ exhorts us to be the best we can be by developing… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
