Man tends to think that he is a creator, that he is like God. This is especially true of intellectuals, and in… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
If there is a lack of specificity in Grossman's description of the town and the walkers, and if the story perhaps sometimes… — Ian Sansom Copy Share Image
Unless there is a strong sense of place there is no travel writing, but it need not come from topographical description; dialogue… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
No matter what the job description says, your real job is to make the boss look good. — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
The Book of Revelation is a description of one path to the New Jerusalem, but this scenario is not inevitable. — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
I think 'vegan' is a beautiful word. It is more than just a description for our diet. I see it as a… — Philip Wollen Copy Share Image
A house, having been willfully purchased and furnished, tells us more than a body, and its description is a foremost resource of… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Darwin, Marx, and Freud meet. They may have understood other things, but the human soul, and in particular the soul of Culture-man,… — Francis Parker Yockey Copy Share Image
J.P. Donleavy - now he's one writer I am consistent with. He's written books that I can definitely connect with. He has… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
In all probability, mental states are processes and activities of the brain. Exactly what activities, and exactly at what level of description,… — Patricia Churchland Copy Share Image
I find it an absolute pleasure to read travel guides, especially the Michelin guides, and their description of places I know I'll… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“She had something that is gone from the world, from the female world. A sweetness without sentimentality, a limpidity without naivety. She… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“He swung around. His body, bathed in the first rays of the sun, was stippled with color like a stained glass saint.” — Cameron Dane Copy Share Image
“Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Photography mirrored the [nineteenth century] will towards rigor, towards defining details, the need for miniscule description, the long-distance optics, for technology at… — Joan Fontcuberta Copy Share Image
Trade is a social act. Whoever undertakes to sell any description of any goods to the public, does what affects the interest… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I mean not to accuse any one, but to take the shame upon myself, in common, indeed, with the whole parliament of… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Stanford may be the best university in the world, but you can get all the way through here without knowing where your… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
There is nothing like wine for conjuring up feelings of contentment and goodwill. It is less of a drink than an experience,… — Thomas Conklin Copy Share Image
I hope for an America where neither fundamentalist nor humanist will be a dirty word, but a fair description of the different… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Someone once told me that being in the closet is like living in a vertical casket. Perfect description. — Jane Velez-Mitchell Copy Share Image
My greatest strength as a writer is that I'm a storyteller. But, it was a long, hard struggle for me to make… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
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