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635 Described quotes by 530 unique authors

It is true that my discovery of LSD was a chance discovery, but it was the outcome of planned experiments and these experiments took place… — Albert Hofmann
The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are supported… — Jean de la Bruyere
I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves. — Isaac Mizrahi
Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of… — Michel Houellebecq
In the corporate world, if you have analysts, due diligence, and no horse sense, you've just described hell. — Charlie Munger
A woman once described a friend of hers as being such a keen listener that even the trees leaned toward her, as if they were… — Linda Hogan
Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price. — Louis Leakey
On the question of whether a behavioral science can in principle be constructed, we shall take no sides. That some kinds of human behavior can… — Anatol Rapoport
Two respondents described dreams which they had related to the procedure. Both described dreams of vomiting fetuses along with a sense of horror ... In… — Warren Hern
There's no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and, new for… — Vincent Canby
It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which… — Ronald Biggs
I think the neoatheists have set atheism back a few decades. And I'm a self-described atheist. — Matt Stone
John Jones may be described as 'one of the has beens'. — William Hone
My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but we were orthodox… — Emir Kusturica
You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when… — Thomas Perry
He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother… — Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn
I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich. — Pierre Salinger
Not long ago, the term 'business model' was not exactly on the tip of everyone's tongue. Then, in the early to mid-1990s, 'business model' became… — Marc Ostrofsky
Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own. — Alain de Botton
If man--if each one of us--abdicates his responsibilities with regard to values; if each one of us limits himself to leading a trivial existence in… — Jacques Ellul
Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and that state of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
King of the animals-- as thou hast described him-- I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest--because thou doest only help… — Leonardo da Vinci
Mind you, I have had in my sojourn on earth as good a time of it as any man, so I can speak with some… — Robert Baden-Powell
There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell, and… — Edward Whymper
A short term view will lead to a partial and perhaps twisted view of the whole picture. A crucial element may be missing. We may… — Max De Pree

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