Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in other words, my mother did it all.
Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.
'Blade Runner' is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don't think you should ever touch it again.
The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything.
Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs.
Co-writing is a very unnatural feeling. It's like wanting to document a feeling that you have and then trying to get someone else to describe it for you.
I feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to.
One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.
Leadership responsibility is multidimensional and cannot be described in one or two words. It is personal, interpersonal, environmental and societal.
It is difficult to describe paths of thought where there are already many paths laid down, and not fall into one of the grooves
In 1991 I did an interview wherein I described myself as a 'teetotal Christian,' which was an exaggeration, although I do like tea and Christ.
Wisdom of the Ages: "Hillary" Has replaced the term "battle-axe" to describe an undesirable mother-in-law in 37 languages.
Insurgence and all forms of evil in a society doesn't describes her as a failure, but vividly shows a lack of love for one another.
My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.
He always describes his characters' voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have said, they are cartoons, caricatures. They're grotesques really.
The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.
I think the neoatheists have set atheism back a few decades. And I'm a self-described atheist.
I don't think you can describe your ideal girl. A big part of that is just meeting someone and really clicking with them and wanting to hang out with them all of the time.
Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it. That is when I find a term to describe it.
I'm a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of reality - one world of our experience that we're seeking to describe.
Not long ago, the term 'business model' was not exactly on the tip of everyone's tongue. Then, in the early to mid-1990s, 'business model' became a catchphrase that described how a company makes money or saves money.
