One Fed chairman famously described his job as being to "take away the punch bowl just when the party gets going."

He famously described his own style as an attempt "to give the mundane its beautiful due."

Indeed, he famously described apocalypticism as "the mother of Christian theology".

The blood circulation was famously described by William Harvey in 1628.

Durkheim famously described law as the "visible symbol" of social solidarity.

Jacques Cousteau famously described it as the "rapture of the deep".

Cicero famously described it as 'obscure' but others have seen some playfulness in its tone.

For the man famously described as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know", see Lord Byron.

Labor's interminable 1983 election manifesto was famously described at the time as "the longest suicide note in history."

Milton Friedman famously described this situation as "too much money chasing too few goods".