Famous Quotes & Sayings

There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.

Val Kilmer

We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.

Billy Graham

As a former resident with strong personal and ministry ties to the North Star State, I pray that the good people of Minnesota will show their support for God's definition of marriage, between a man and a woman.

David Carson

I think we've seen a lot of examples of giving a name its own definition in the dot-com world. Amazon, Google, Yahoo - these are names we never would have dreamed major corporations would choose.

The appropriate economic definition of a separate product is an item for which there is sufficient demand such that it is efficient to offer that item separately from other items,

Richard Land

The American people are not sending their young men and women to Afghanistan for this definition of freedom. Mr. Rahman should be released immediately.

That was the definition of a heartbreaker. We're using that as motivation this year and hopefully we can have a better outcome. We don't want to leave anything up to the (NCAA Tournament) selection committee.

We couldn't come up with a definition of planets in splendid isolation,

Pico Iyer

I suppose even when I was growing up, I noticed I was most happy when I was absorbed in something, lost in the moment and forgot the time, whether was conversation, movie, or a game I was playing. That was my definition of happiness. And I was least happy when I was all over the place, distracted and restless.

Spike Jonze

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

Octavio Paz

As it defines itself, every society defines other societies. That definition almost always takes the form of a condemnation: the 'other' is the barbarian.

Oscar Arias

Peace is not a matter of prizes or trophies. It is not the product of a victory or command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement.

Shane Carruth

I stole a ton of film language from Steven Soderbergh and 'The Limey.' It's the definition of elliptical. It was the first movie I remember that introduced me to storytelling that isn't just one scene after another, and that things can be mixed up in the way that real experiences can.

It doesn't require the use of Web crawlers. It requires someone knowledgeable about the definition of what a government document is.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start with this one thing: the very definition of 'emergency' is that it is unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning.

We have to redefine the definition of a 'gene,'

Hasso Plattner

We have to be able to adapt to new situation. It's another form of the definition of intelligent behavior.

Basically, you have to meet the definition of the school. Right now, part of the problem we're facing is we're meeting the definition of a program. We're going to work on that.

I have learned a new definition of friendship...When you need me, I am always there...Whenever i need you, you'll be there too, but only if it's convenient!

I have just heard a report that he was going to withdraw half his forces from Kosovo, ... If there ever was a definition of a half-measure, that's it.

Joe Wright

Galaxy is twice as powerful as previous satellites. It will play an integral role in the development of high definition television,

David Mason

If all we're doing on the Internet is giving people another opportunity to vote, you can predict it's not going to work, ... If the definition of working is getting more people to vote.

HASH, x. There is no definition for this word --nobody knows what hash is.

Martin Starr

I feel like there are things I can relate to in every character. But I feel like when you read a script, you don't get to see the definition behind someone, you just get to read what the person goes through and find a place to come from to make it real.

George H. W. Bush

From now on, any definition of a successful life must include serving others.

J. R. Moehringer

Vegas is like the old definition of writing: though I don't enjoy writing, I love having written. Though I didn't enjoy Vegas, I love having lived there.

Bruno Latour

The composition of a common world would be the definition of politics.

Nick Miller

We have to get everybody on the same page. Everybody had their own definition of what is appropriate and inappropriate.

Chinua Achebe

In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint.

Charles Sanders Peirce

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

M. Night Shyamalan

When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.

The Edge

What a song is is a subjective thing. There's no one real definition for it.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'