Described Quotes
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It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.'
Vanessa Paradis
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I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever. Just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum.
Chris Carmack
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All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
Albert Einstein
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I know of no religion or sect that has done or is doing without a house of God, variously described as a temple, a mosque, a church, a synagogue or agiary.
Mahatma Gandhi
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There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell, and with these in mind I say, climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.
Edward Whymper
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I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor....'
Thomas A. Edison
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Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it..
Adi Shankara
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Wanderers, Dublin's oldest rugby club, has been described more than once as the club of the Church and the Army: the wags added
"...unfortunately the wrong Church and the wrong Army."
Gemma Hussey
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I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.
Cassandra Wilson
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Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.
William Kristol
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Mrs Downs, a large sad lady who described herself, to Rupert’s delight, as bulky but fragile, now came four mornings a week to clean the house. She was one of those people who habitually looked on the black side of everything with a cheerfulness that bordered upon the macabre.
Elizabeth Jane Howard
