Described Quotes

635 Described quotes by 530 unique authors

Lena always described how she dreaded and mourned things before they even happened. Carmen was beginning to suspect that she was permitting herself to mourn… — Ann Brashares
Kazuhiko could have taken his gun and aimed it at the person behind them. But Sakura wouldn't want that. What she wanted was to leave… — Koushun Takami
...to be a poet, requires a mythology of the self. The self described is the poet self, to which the daily self (and others) are… — Susan Sontag
O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always… — Leo Rosten
I'd basically described myself: a quiet, studious bookworm who would go to bed at a decent hour. A non-partier who wouldn't bring a parade of… — Tammara Webber
A hotel, he told me, was a big house where a lot of people lived and ate and slept, but no one knew each other.… — Chuck Palahniuk
You are beyond frustrating," she grumbled. "Why can't you do what I ask you to do without issuing a million questions first?" "I could say… — Gena Showalter
It must be remembered that in those great days I was considered to be an "integrationist" - this was never, quite, my own idea of… — James A. Baldwin
A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me… — Golda Meir
Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish. — Randy Pausch
My feelings can perhaps be imagined, but they can hardly be described. — Yann Martel
.. Fear is often described as False Evidence Appearing Real. — Nick Vujicic
We live through myriads of seconds, yet it is always one, just one, that casts our entire inner world into turmoil, the second when (as… — Stefan Zweig
There are some who say that sitting at home reading is the equivalent of travel, because the experiences described in the book are more or… — Daniel Handler
Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of… — J C Ryle
Love is . . .” An old memory with Adrian came back to me, and some of the turbulent emotion I always carried within me these days welled… — Richelle Mead
According to the technical language of old writers, a thing and its qualities are described as subject and attributes; and thus a man's faculties and… — William Whewell
Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and… — Leo Tolstoy
I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist. — Cassandra Wilson
We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents, innocent civilians killed… — Tony Benn
Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it. — Elbert Hubbard
Classical physics has been superseded by quantum theory: quantum theory is verified by experiments. Experiments must be described in terms of classical physics. — Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker
Nature allows only experimental situations to occur which can be described within the framework of the formalism of quantum mechanics — Werner Heisenberg
When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure… — John Steinbeck
Saints are described as fearing the name of God; they are reverent worshippers; they stand in awe of the Lord's authority; they are afraid of… — Charles Spurgeon

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