Descript Quotes

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else. - John Locke

A pretty good description of the things we've been writing about, the dualities of the day-to-day. - Patterson Hood

A lot of research in intelligence has not been that great. I would hope by this modest descriptive study to put things on an empirical footing. - Philip Shaw

A friend of mine from New Orleans was able to see one of these maps and read some damage descriptions and she realized the floodwaters had stopped about 20 feet from her house. - Xeni Jardin

A description from a while back might say: Go out to the end of Ben White, when that was the end of town, and take a dirt road off to the left. Now there's a subdivision there, and you can't find it anymore. - Dale Flatt

[Which is why he refuses to limit his description of himself.] It's not just dance moves... It's entertainment. Period. - Usher

[When fresh content is added on Mondays, box office stars are often prime targets. One article reports that the Screen Actors Guild changed its name to the] Screen Appearance Guild ... According to a little known SAG by-law, if three or more individuals with no discernible acting talent who got roles only out of kitsch value join SAG the union may no longer call itself the Screen Actors Guild, as the name is no longer an accurate description of its membership. - Johnny Knoxville

[The] report, with its detailed description of acts of torture, makes for difficult reading, but it is extremely important that it is now part of the record of this inquiry. - Paul Cavalluzzo

[The official description of the book from its publisher mentions Love as a baby having] mood swings that no doctor can explain or cure. ... dark moods and paranoia. - Courtney Love