(101 quotes found)
“The description is not the described; I can describe the mountain, but the description is not the mountain, and if you are caught up in the description, as most people are, then you will never see the mountain”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.”
Oscar Wilde
“Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own.”
Andrew V. Mason
“Even for the physicist the description in plain language will be a criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached.”
Werner Karl Heisenberg
“Don't overwrite description in a story - you haven't got time”
Elizabeth Spencer
“He's superb. Spectacular. Somebody said he runs with greased ease and I thought, 'What a perfect description of Vince Young.' It looks like his legs are greased, and his body is greased, and he's so fluid that he's just going to slip off the ones who are lucky enough to touch him.”
Darrell Royal
“Your description should include detailed directions on how to execute the prank, its intended response, and any props necessary to pulling it off. Keep it clean -- the focus of the contest is good humor and fun.”
Valerie Pontbriand
“The problem is that the job description is constantly changing, almost daily.”
Bill Horn
“He could be so descriptive on the radio, and I think he was the best I ever heard at making the transition from radio to television. He made words go a long way on TV.”
Bill Worrell
“Being a reporter is as much a diagnosis as a job description”
Anna Quindlen
