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635 Described quotes by 530 unique authors

His [Calvin's] religion was demonism. If ever man worshiped a false God, he did. The being described in his five points is ... a demon… — Thomas Jefferson
Never yet has a God been defined in terms which were not palpably self-contradictory and absurd; never yet has a God been described so that… — Annie Besant
I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean!… — Cate Blanchett
[My kitten's] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could. — William Cowper
Consciousness... does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. Such words as 'chain' or 'train' do not describe it fitly as it presents itself… — William James
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much… — Oliver Goldsmith
If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as 'human rights'? How smart… — Carl Sagan
Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one. — John Maynard Keynes
We come no nearer the infinitude of the creative power of God, if we enclose the space of its revelation within a sphere described with… — Immanuel Kant
Groups do not have experiences except insofar as all their members do. And there are no experiences... that all the members of a scientific community… — Thomas Kuhn
The method of science depends on our attempts to describe the world with simple theories: theories that are complex may become untestable, even if they… — Karl Popper
Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things… — George Johnson
Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a… — Benoit Mandelbrot
Creative visualization may be described as an extended meditation session that reaches beyond passive contemplation and achieves transformative action. The uses to which it may… — Aberjhani
The Buddha described his teaching as "going against the stream." The unflinching light of mindful awareness reveals the extent to which we are tossed along… — Stephen Batchelor
The Bully has a Jekyll and Hyde nature - is vile, vicious and vindictive in private, but innocent and charming in front of witnesses; no-one… — Tim Field
I didn't think it was fair to my music to label me as the daughter of somebody - I didn't think it described me very… — Norah Jones
Researchers keep identifying new species, but they have no idea about the life cycle of a given species or its other hosts. They cut open… — Carl Zimmer
The connectedness of things is what the great university is all about, and I believe the great university in the coming century will be described… — Ernest L. Boyer
The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it. — Adi Shankara
The importance of group theory was emphasized very recently when some physicists using group theory predicted the existence of a particle that had never been… — Unknown Author
The supposed astronomical proofs of the theory [of relativity], as cited and claimed by Einstein, do not exist. He is a confusionist. The Einstein theory… — Charles Lane Poor
Ever since its founding in 1913, the Fed has described itself as an "independent" agency operated by selfless public servants striving to "fine-tune" the economy… — Thomas DiLorenzo
This theory [the oxygen theory] is not as I have heard it described, that of the French chemists, it is mine (elle est la mienne);… — Antoine Lavoisier
We know that nature is described by the best of all possible mathematics because God created it. So there is a chance that the best… — Alexander Markovich Polyakov

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