Quotes about definition
definitions sometimes persons
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides. John Henry Patterson
definitions modern aids
AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority has the guts to call it one. Larry Kramer
definitions mythology one-sentence
A one sentence definition of mythology? Mythology is what we call someone else's religion. Joseph Campbell
definitions classification
A classification is a definition comprising a system of definitions. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
definitions corporations slides
I'm unclear on the definition of person the courts have been using. Something that sieves out dolphins but lets corporations slide on through. Karen Joy Fowler
definitions doe fit
Oh God, Oh God we’re all gonna die doesn’t really fit the definition of banter, now does it? Lilith Saintcrow
definitions needs israeli
For Americans I'll always be Israeli, and for Israelis I'll always be American. But I really have no need for definitions. Hani Furstenberg
definitions decadence
To be wrong, and to be carefully wrong, that is the definition of decadence. Gilbert K. Chesterton
definitions normal why-not
I was always interested in language. I thought, why not? If a painting, by the normal definition of the term, is paint on canvas, why can't it be painted words on canvas? John Baldessari
definitions ashamed adore
My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of. Jodie Foster
definitions eat-pray-and-love rational
If faith were rational , it wouldn't be -by definition- faith. Elizabeth Gilbert
definitions might pages
The definition of a page-turner really aught to be that this page is so good, you can't bear to leave it behind, but then the next page is there and it might be just as amazing as this one. John Burnside
definitions hell
The definition of hell is a place where nothing connects with nothing. T. S. Eliot
definitions stories ends
Immortals are, by definition, immortal. End of story. Richelle Mead
definitions doe separateness
In separateness only does love learn definition. Robert Penn Warren
definitions foundation reason
Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can't reason without them. Robert M. Pirsig
definitions definition-of-success okay
The ultimate definition of success is: you could lose everything that you have and truly be okay with it. Your happiness isn't based on external factors. Tony Hsieh
definitions tyranny
The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place. James Madison
definitions genius should
The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do. James Lipton
definitions firsts engagement
Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions. Tryon Edwards
definitions nancy clutter
Nancy clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that is the definition of a lady. Truman Capote
definitions monsters demand
The monstrous act by definition demands a monster. Rick Yancey
definitions minorities accepting
I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power. Wole Soyinka
definitions earning males
I define power as control over ones life. A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner. Warren Farrell
definitions conscious should
Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand. Saul Bellow
definitions judgment excuse
Excuse me ... but I reject your definitions of me.
definitions understood evident
A definition is nothing else but an explication of the meaning of a word, by words whose meaning is already known. Hence it is evident that every word cannot be defined; for the definition must consist of words; and there could be no definition, if there were not words previously understood without definition. Thomas Reid
definitions care take-care
I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them. Robert Delaunay
definitions hotel
My definition of a good hotel is a place I'd stay at. Robert De Niro
definitions essentials chaos
Know the true definition of yourself. That is essential. Then, when you know your own definition, flee from it. Rumi