Some people are aware of another sort of thinking which... leads to those simple ideas that are obvious only after they have been thought of... the term 'lateral thinking' has been coined to
describe this orther sort of thinking; 'vertical thinking' is used to denote the conventional logical process. (The Use of Lateral Thinking 1967)
View quotes by Edward De BonoLike an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to
describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.
View quotes by Martin Luther King JrI will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not
describe holding public office.
View quotes by Dean AchesonHow do I
describe myself? I'd have to say that I'm an easy-going and funny person. I like everyone I meet. I tend to be a romantic and an idealist, though, and sometimes it's frustrating because it's a vision that's almost impossible to live up to in real life
View quotes by Natassia MaltheWhen you cross the line, it is such a wonderful feeling it's hard to
describe. [On winning gold in the Olympics]
View quotes by Kelly HolmesAll cruel people
describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
View quotes by Tennessee WilliamsScience is a kind of glorified tailoring enterprise, a method for taking measurements that
describe something — reality — that may not be understood at all.
View quotes by Michael CrichtonI wouldn't
describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that the ghosts you chase you never catch
View quotes by John MalkovichThe propositions of philosophy are not factual, but linguistic in character - that is, they do not
describe the behaviour of physical, or even mental, objects; they express definitions, or the formal consequences of definitions. [Ayer was a logical positivist]
View quotes by A J AyerTo
describe Greece I would share with you a tomato on the sandy beaches of Skopellos, open a sea urchin with my penknife and serve you the scarlet eggs inside while the salt stretches the skin on our backs.
View quotes by Nicholas PapandreouI would
describe my job as 'glamour model'.
View quotes by Michelle MarshSports broadcasters are the only reporters who
describe past events in the future tense.
View quotes by Burnett AndersonI used to
describe myself as tough, but not populist. Each home secretary has to decide his own style
View quotes by Charles ClarkeJoy is the feeling of grinning inside. [Joy is certainly hard to
describe!]
View quotes by Melba ColgroveThere is only one word to
describe football and that is 'if only'.
View quotes by Bobby RobsonThere is a distinctive type of joy that comes with being creative that is very hard to
describe but it is something very exciting indeed.
View quotes by Maria JeritzaThirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can
describe in words that which painting instantly sets before the eye
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