“Admirable, however, as the Paris of the present day appears to you, build up and put together again in imagination the Paris… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While the scientist, on the one hand, is concerned with giving a faithful description of facts, on the other, he has the… — Marie Taylor Collins Swabey Copy Share Image
Sit not down without assurance. Get alone, and bring thy heart to the bar of trial: force it to answer the interrogatories… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Whether you are Minor White or Robert Frank, almost every photograph starts with an act of pure description - a window. But… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
Never write about a place until you're away from it, because it gives you perspective. Immediately after you've seen something you can… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“More than being absurdly blond and absurdly messy, the Young Electrician had one of those extraordinarily sweet, extraordinarily vital, strangely mysterious, utterly… — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Copy Share Image
I'd like to be seen as an average Australian bloke. I can't think of... I can't think of a nobler description of… — John Howard Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in the corner of my eye, I saw a girl running through the loft. A see-through girl, a silhouette. She looked… — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
When we start making distinctions between soul and spirit, we're in very, very murky waters. There is the whole issue of the… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
By a generative grammar I mean simply a system of rules that in some explicit and well-defined way assigns structural descriptions to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Just listen,” she said. “You can’t kill him in cold blood.” “Whyever not?” Ye gods grant me patience. “Because he’ll be dead,”… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
The tests which showed that this was the only rifle which had the markings which were shown on the bullets; the fact… — John Sherman Cooper Copy Share Image
Character enough of an opposite description ... My opinion is ... that you could as soon scrub the blackamore white, as to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share Image
“The pride the duchess had felt seemed to leave her and become absorbed through the king’s eyes, where he picked it apart.” — Tony Del Degan Copy Share Image
At every turn you have to find a new kind of self-sovereignty over your environment. Every kid I see is at the… — Daniel Gillies Copy Share Image
Mere numbers cannot bring out ... the intimate essence of the experiment. This conviction comes naturally when one watches a subject at… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
“It was long past midnight. Laura's music played on. It was composed in the language of stars, tinkling in a crystal pool… — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
All human beings bear God's image and must be respected for what each person is. Therefore, no external description of one's being,… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
What a difference that extra 120 ppm has made for plants, and for animals and humans that depend on them. The more… — Paul Driessen Copy Share Image
You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl. That's part of the… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. When you describe a character's… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
All I can say is Bishop Jakes would not currently accept the designation of Prosperity Preacher or Word of Faith Preacher as… — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
