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Describe Quotes

On the words we choose to define ourselves.

These quotes explore the difficulty of putting things into words, whether it's explaining a process clearly enough to prove real understanding or refusing a label that feels too neat for a complicated life.

I describe Bitcoin as 'the Skype of money.'

Quotes by Adam Draper

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe.

Quotes by Yann Martel

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.

Quotes by W. Edwards Deming

Hard Quotes

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

Quotes by Toby Young

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Quotes by Tennessee Williams

I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.

Quotes by Taylor Phinney

I like to describe 'Yellowstone' is 'The Great Gatsby' on the largest ranch in Montana. Then it's really a study of the changing of the West.

Quotes by Taylor Sheridan

I would describe myself as a very plain but very honest person.

Quotes by Taeyang

Know Quotes

I have always considered Amitabh Bachchan God. There is no other word to describe him.

Quotes by Suniel Shetty

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

Quotes by Stendhal

I love PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Pixies, Portishead, and Massive Attack: a lot of what I would describe as alternative and indie music.

Quotes by Shura

I would definitely describe myself as a workaholic.

Quotes by Sharlto Copley

How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.

Quotes by Salma Hayek

Like Quotes

We all have enemies, but my enemies would probably describe me as surprisingly ruthless.

Quotes by Ron Funches

'Easy' is not a word I would ever use to describe touring.

Quotes by Rivers Cuomo

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

Ray Bradbury

Film has to describe and show.

Quotes by Ralph Bakshi

There are no words to describe my feelings for Errol Flynn.

Quotes by Olivia De Havilland

Love Quotes

I would describe myself as a 'total conservative, a conscientious one.'

Quotes by Mike Huckabee

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the theme of the Describe quotes page?
It's about the difficulty of putting things into words, from explaining a working process clearly to resisting labels that feel too simple for a complicated identity.
Is there a quote about explaining your own work?
Yes, one quote argues that when you're unable to explain what you're doing as a clear process, you probably don't fully understand it yourself.
Does this page compare film and writing as ways to describe something?
It does, with a quote noting that a single film image can convey in a second what a novelist would need a full page to describe.
Are there quotes about resisting a label like 'activist' or 'master'?
Yes, two quotes each push back on being called masterful at anything or labeled an activist, suggesting discomfort with tidy self-definitions.
What other pages connect to Describe quotes?
See Know and Love quotes for more on self-understanding and honesty.

See also Know and Love quotes on self-understanding and honesty.