Describes Quotes

225 Describes quotes by 196 unique authors

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels. — Christopher Dawson
Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and… — Richard Louv
In essence, String Theory describes space and time, matter and energy, gravity and light, indeed all of God's creation as music. — Roy H. Williams
As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive power… — Unknown Author
One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the… — Walter Pater
A great deal of anthropological/ethnological literature describes indigenous peoples who live in oneness with the natural world and one another. Survival itself necessitates a borderlessness… — John Zerzan
If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren't pessimistic, you don’t have the correct data. If you meet… — Paul Hawken
The purely formal language of geometry describes adequately the reality of space. We might say, in this sense, that geometry is successful magic. I should… — Rene Thom
Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem,… — Unknown Author
By a symbol I do not mean an allegory or a sign, but an image that describes in the best possible way the dimly discerned… — Carl Jung
Integrity means being whole, unbroken, undivided. It describes a person who has united the different parts of his or her personality, so there is no… — Harold S. Kushner
The Old Testament records the preparation for the coming of the Messiah. The Gospels record the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ our Lord. The… — Josh McDowell
A scientist describes what is. An engineer creates what never was. — Theodore von Karman
The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction… — Rudolf Arnheim
I've always looked upon the Ducks as caricature human beings. Perhaps I've been years writing in that middle world that J.R.R. Tolkien describes, and never… — Carl Barks
The health benefits, both mental and physical, of humor are well documented. A good laugh can diffuse tension, relieve stress, and release endorphins into your… — Cherie Carter-Scott
In his study of Atlanta over the last 60 years, Kevin Kruse convincingly describes the critical connections between race, Sun Belt suburbanization, the rise of… — Dan Carter
The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works. And it tells us our reality is continually branching into different possibilities, just… — Antony Garrett Lisi
The doctor used to tell me that every person about to die becomes a music box playing the melody that best describes his life, his… — Patrick Modiano
Henry Kissinger may have wished I had presented him as a combination of Charles DeGaulle and Disraeli, but I didn't....out of respect for DeGaulle and… — Oriana Fallaci
If there is one word that describes the meaning of character, it is the word honor. Without honor, civilization would not long exist. Without honor,… — Ezra Taft Benson
Love is not a word that describes my feelings; it is not a technique by which I fulfill my needs; it is not an ideal,… — Eugene H. Peterson
In Gilead, the narrator's friend's son describes himself not as an atheist but in "state of categorical unbelief." He says, "I don't even believe God… — Will Schwalbe
In mathematics, two angles that are said to coincide fit together perfectly. The word "coincidence" does not describe luck or mistakes. It describes that which… — Wayne Dyer
In 1966 Rolf Edberg wrote "This is mankind's home", "in the narrow borderland between the deathly heat beneath our feet and the coldness of space… — Margot Wallstrom

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