Description Quotes

518 quotes by 442 authors

What is mathematics? Ask this question of person chosen at random, and you are likely to receive the answer "Mathematics is the study of number."… — Keith Devlin
The British are proud of their ability to create a muddle and then muddle through all difficulties. I must shake the British pride: muddle is… — George Mikes
In this book I do not intend to give a blow-by-blow description of a sex bout: I find them inartistic, clinical and unpoetic. The circumstances… — Charlie Chaplin
I am absolutely sick unto death of hearing people say - they all say this; it must be Item One on the curriculum in Trend… — Dave Barry
The cause, then, philosophically speaking, is the sum total of the conditions, positive and negative, taken together; the whole of the contingencies of every description,… — John Stuart Mill
For me, good description usually consists of a few well-chosen details that will stand for everything else. — Stephen King
Like most Christians, I believe the Genesis account of creation is a description of six different stages of creation, each of which may have taken… — Tony Campolo
I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description anywhere. — Kevin Nealon
There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president. — Nancy Reagan
When I used to model, the job description is 'shut up and pose.' There are people today who would really like me to go back… — Kathy Ireland
We all start out with the same alphabet. We are all unique. Talent is not the most important thing --- discipline and dedication are. Craft… — Robert Cormier
The online musical universe has become Balkanized, with many sites focusing on minute niches. That works well for reaching very specific demographics, which is wonderful… — Michael Azerrad
One of the most important things about the geology on the moon is your descriptions of what you see, comparing them to things that you've… — Gene Cernan
Politicians, it's in their job description to just lie, every day. — Rob Delaney
I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a… — Jeff Daniels
London' is a gallery of sensation of impressions. It is a history of London in a thematic rather than a chronological sense with chapters of… — Peter Ackroyd
One of the things I like about performing on the stage is that it is a kind of meditative experience. Time does stand still. You… — Michael Emerson
[M]ilitary metaphors have more and more come to infuse all aspects of the description of the medical situation. Disease is seen as an invasion of… — Susan Sontag
"Sinner" is a present-tense description of everyone, including those who have put their faith in Christ. Of course, those who have called Jesus "Lord" are… — Edward T Welch
Similar to the telescope or the telephone, television enables us to see or hear things we never dreamed of. When you look at the details,… — Alexander Kluge

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