Describe

Famous quotes containing the word describe:

“How can you describe her?
When your gaze falls
on one of her parts,
like a sick cow fallen
in mud,
it cannot escape.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

“If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)

“All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness!”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)