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Describing Quotes

Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself; wit is the exposing it, by comparing or contrasting it with something else. Humour is, as it were, the growth of nature and accident; wit is the product of art and fancy Picture Quote #1

Right now my field must tackle describing a world where falling in love, going to war and filling out tax forms looks the same; it looks like typing Picture Quote #1

The critic is actually describing a conscious representation of their interaction with the wine, and therefore the score of rating is a property of that interaction and not the wine itself Picture Quote #1

In our definitions, we grope after the spiritual by describing it as invisible. The true meaning of spiritual is real; that law which executes itself, which works without means, and which cannot be conceived as not existing Picture Quote #1

Stern accuracy in inquiring, bold imagination in describing, these are the cogs on which history soars or flutters and wobbles Picture Quote #1

I’m not in the business of telling people what to do. I’m much more in the business of describing things, situations and stuff like that and leaving them out there, and you can make up your minds about them Picture Quote #1

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How does a person feel when looking at the sky? He thinks that he doesn’t have enough tongues to describe what he sees. Nevertheless, people have never stopping describing the sky, simply listing what they see Picture Quote #1

And now I know why they invented words for love, why they had to: It’s the only thing that can come close to describing what I feel in that moment, the baffling mixture of pain and pleasure and fear and joy, all running sharply through me at once Picture Quote #1

It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private Picture Quote #1

The whole experience of being hit by a bullet is very interesting and I think worth describing in detail Picture Quote #1

... the computer models are very good at solving equations of fluid dynamics but very bad at describing the real world. The real world is full of things like clouds and vegetation and soil and dust which the models describe very poorly Picture Quote #1

The truth feels different from other things. The closest you can come to describing it is that it feels like taking a perfect breath Picture Quote #1

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Parts exist only for purposes of figuring and describing, and as we figure the world out we become confused if we do not remember this all the time Picture Quote #1

He’s a boating enthusiast, although that phrase seems too weak to describe the level of his interest, kind of like describing someone as a heroin fancier Picture Quote #1

There’s a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up in the reader. That’s what writers do when they’re good Picture Quote #1

Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are adjectives describing sexual acts, not people. The sexual acts are entirely normal; if they were not, no one would perform them Picture Quote #1

Words... They’re innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they’re no good any more... I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead Picture Quote #1

Don’t underestimate this gift of finding a place in the writing world: if you really work at describing creatively on paper the truth as you understand it, as you have experienced it, with the people or material who are in you, who are asking that you help them get written, you will come to a secret feeling of honor Picture Quote #1

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I receive a lot of letters like yours. Most go on in length, describing all sorts of maddening situations and communications in bewildered detail, but in each there is the same question at its core: Can I convince the person about whom I am crazy to be crazy about me? The short answer is no. The long answer is no Picture Quote #1

When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth of a moonlit night if you’ll write that a gleam like starlight shone from the pieces of a broken bottle, and then the dark, plump shadow of a dog or wolf appeared. You will bring life to nature only if you don’t shrink from similes that liken its activities to those of humankind Picture Quote #1

Describing the person I am would best be through music. When I’m up on stage and I’m singing my heart out, I am always reminded of life’s best things Picture Quote #1

I just don’t talk about who I’m going out with, that’s it. It’s an odd thing to sit around describing yourself to 10 different people every 5 minutes yet it’s kind of therapeutic in a way Picture Quote #1

There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future; its degree of corroboration simply is a historical statement describing how severely the hypothesis has been tested in the past Picture Quote #1

If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have made a fine addition to the literature of our age? Picture Quote #1

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Most ethnologists scrupulously avoid describing how these children feel about participating in the killing or eating of their siblings Picture Quote #1

I met a brother who, describing a friend of his, said he was like a man who had dropped a bottle and broken it; and put all the pieces in his bosom, where they were cutting him perpetually Picture Quote #1

It is no use describing a house; the reader will fix the scene in some spot he knows himself Picture Quote #1

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it Picture Quote #1

As I’ve said repeatedly, republicans are very good at describing things in black and white; democrats are very good at describing the 11 shades of gray Picture Quote #1

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery Picture Quote #1

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Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself; wit is the exposing it, by comparing or contrasting it with something else. Humour is, as it were, the growth of nature and accident; wit is the product of art and fancy (Describing Quotes) Right now my field must tackle describing a world where falling in love, going to war and filling out tax forms looks the same; it looks like typing (Describing Quotes) The critic is actually describing a conscious representation of their interaction with the wine, and therefore the score of rating is a property of that interaction and not the wine itself (Describing Quotes) In our definitions, we grope after the spiritual by describing it as invisible. The true meaning of spiritual is real; that law which executes itself, which works without means, and which cannot be conceived as not existing (Describing Quotes) Stern accuracy in inquiring, bold imagination in describing, these are the cogs on which history soars or flutters and wobbles (Describing Quotes) I’m not in the business of telling people what to do. I’m much more in the business of describing things, situations and stuff like that and leaving them out there, and you can make up your minds about them (Describing Quotes) How does a person feel when looking at the sky? He thinks that he doesn’t have enough tongues to describe what he sees. Nevertheless, people have never stopping describing the sky, simply listing what they see (Describing Quotes) And now I know why they invented words for love, why they had to: It’s the only thing that can come close to describing what I feel in that moment, the baffling mixture of pain and pleasure and fear and joy, all running sharply through me at once (Describing Quotes) It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private (Describing Quotes) The whole experience of being hit by a bullet is very interesting and I think worth describing in detail (Describing Quotes) ... the computer models are very good at solving equations of fluid dynamics but very bad at describing the real world. The real world is full of things like clouds and vegetation and soil and dust which the models describe very poorly (Describing Quotes) The truth feels different from other things. The closest you can come to describing it is that it feels like taking a perfect breath (Describing Quotes) Parts exist only for purposes of figuring and describing, and as we figure the world out we become confused if we do not remember this all the time (Describing Quotes) He’s a boating enthusiast, although that phrase seems too weak to describe the level of his interest, kind of like describing someone as a heroin fancier (Describing Quotes) There’s a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up in the reader. That’s what writers do when they’re good (Describing Quotes) Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are adjectives describing sexual acts, not people. The sexual acts are entirely normal; if they were not, no one would perform them (Describing Quotes) Words... They’re innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they’re no good any more... I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead (Describing Quotes) Don’t underestimate this gift of finding a place in the writing world: if you really work at describing creatively on paper the truth as you understand it, as you have experienced it, with the people or material who are in you, who are asking that you help them get written, you will come to a secret feeling of honor (Describing Quotes) I receive a lot of letters like yours. Most go on in length, describing all sorts of maddening situations and communications in bewildered detail, but in each there is the same question at its core: Can I convince the person about whom I am crazy to be crazy about me? The short answer is no. The long answer is no (Describing Quotes) When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth of a moonlit night if you’ll write that a gleam like starlight shone from the pieces of a broken bottle, and then the dark, plump shadow of a dog or wolf appeared. You will bring life to nature only if you don’t shrink from similes that liken its activities to those of humankind (Describing Quotes) Describing the person I am would best be through music. When I’m up on stage and I’m singing my heart out, I am always reminded of life’s best things (Describing Quotes) I just don’t talk about who I’m going out with, that’s it. It’s an odd thing to sit around describing yourself to 10 different people every 5 minutes yet it’s kind of therapeutic in a way (Describing Quotes) There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future; its degree of corroboration simply is a historical statement describing how severely the hypothesis has been tested in the past (Describing Quotes) If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have made a fine addition to the literature of our age? (Describing Quotes) Most ethnologists scrupulously avoid describing how these children feel about participating in the killing or eating of their siblings (Describing Quotes) I met a brother who, describing a friend of his, said he was like a man who had dropped a bottle and broken it; and put all the pieces in his bosom, where they were cutting him perpetually (Describing Quotes) It is no use describing a house; the reader will fix the scene in some spot he knows himself (Describing Quotes) Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it (Describing Quotes) As I’ve said repeatedly, republicans are very good at describing things in black and white; democrats are very good at describing the 11 shades of gray (Describing Quotes) The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery (Describing Quotes)

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