Description Quotes

518 quotes by 442 authors

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description. — William Gibson
Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description. — C.S. Lewis
There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form… — Glenn T. Seaborg
When the copulative kai [`and'] connects two nouns of the same case, [viz. nouns (either substantive or adjective, or participles), of personal description, respecting office,… — Granville Sharp
All I can say is Bishop Jakes would not currently accept the designation of Prosperity Preacher or Word of Faith Preacher as an accurate description… — James MacDonald
The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to… — Robert Fortune
If you have been in the vicinity of the sacred - ever brushed against the holy - you retain it more in your bones than… — Daniel Taylor
How extraordinary was my life an incident may illustrate... [As a youth] I was fascinated by a description of Niagara Falls. I had perused, and… — Nikola Tesla
The sorcerer's description of the world is perceivable. But our insistence on holding on to our standard version of reality renders us almost deaf and… — Carlos Castaneda
It's the nature of hearts to break. It's in their job description. When a heart is doing what it's supposed to be doing, it holds… — Geneen Roth
Isn't one of your first exercises in learning how to communicate to write a description of how to tie your shoelaces? The point being that… — Donald A. Norman
Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water. — Jean Sibelius
It is impossible to describe a landscape so validly as to exclude all other descriptions, for no one can see the landscape in all its… — Frithjof Schuon
Too many people think that finding the reason God placed us here on earth will come in one assignment with a big title and complete… — Lysa TerKeurst
To put money into anything, anywhere, provided that the downside is measurable and acceptable and the chances of a good profit appear to be better… — Peter Cundill
Those implications are tremendous beyond description. My experience showed me that the death of the body and the brain are not the end of consciousness,… — Eben Alexander
My piece in One World or None was the description of the effect of a single atomic bomb on New York City. — Philip Morrison
Darwin, Marx, and Freud meet. They may have understood other things, but the human soul, and in particular the soul of Culture-man, they did not… — Francis Parker Yockey
The type of figleaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged… — Freda Adler
Happiness just wasn't part of the job description back then. You tried to find a helpmate to keep the cold wind and dogs at bay.… — Robin Green

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