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635 Described quotes by 530 unique authors

Umpiring is best described as the profession of standing between two seven-year olds with one ice cream cone. — Ron Luciano
Even the word depression itself was the terminological product of an effort to soften the connotation of deep trouble. In the last century, the term… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The scale of light can be described by numbers called the frequency and as the numbers get higher, the light goes from red to blue… — Richard P. Feynman
A critic recently described me, with deadly acuteness, as having 'a kindly dislike of my fellow-creatures.' Perhaps dread would have been nearer the mark than… — George Bernard Shaw
The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each other according to… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
When I was younger, I was always described as happy-go-lucky. — Michael J. Fox
Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes. — Claude Debussy
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation,… — Frederick Douglass
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another. — Marcel Duchamp
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. — Albert Einstein
The CIA's research program is described in a book called The Search for the Manchurian Candidate. — Ken Follett
I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it. — William Hague
As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic,… — Tom Hanks
A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things,… — Christopher Hitchens
When I was still in prep school - 14, 15 - I started keeping notebooks, journals. I started writing, almost like landscape drawing or life… — John Irving
It does irritate me when I am described as a controversialist and commentator on Israel. — Tony Judt
The Giants are usually described as rag tag, kind of a great garage sale team, and the Democrats are described as the Mommies to the… — Anne Lamott
Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that every one of the various alternative histories,… — Murray Gell-Mann
Those who oppressed us described us as the Dark Continent! — Thabo Mbeki
Of all my false identities, the strategies in my campaign to be accepted, being a sworn Republican is the hardest to explain. In my later… — James McGreevey
In 1991 I did an interview wherein I described myself as a 'teetotal Christian,' which was an exaggeration, although I do like tea and Christ. — Unknown Author
Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago. — Ashley Montagu
St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel. — Malcolm Muggeridge
I can be described as many things, but no description of me is complete without saying 'Englishman.' My parents were from Liverpool and emigrated to… — Mike Myers
It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was… — Richard M. Nixon

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