Quotes about definitions
definitions stories ends
Immortals are, by definition, immortal. End of story. Richelle Mead
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 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 judgment excuse
Excuse me ... but I reject your definitions of me. Saul Bellow
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 monsters demand
The monstrous act by definition demands a monster. Rick Yancey
definitions profit turns
By definition startups usually do not turn a profit. Kevin Harrington
definitions language form
Language is a form of organized stutter. Marshall McLuhan
definitions looks god-knows
If you look at most definitions, a god is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. In particular, god knows when you are doing something that you shouldn't be doing and whether you are playing according to god's rules. Julian Assange
definitions facts historian
The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. Marc Bloch
definitions life-happens victim
Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens. Peter McWilliams
definitions video used
I've never used High Definition video, never, ever, ever, ever, ever. And I never will. I can't stand that crap. Quentin Tarantino
definitions would-be discworld
And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based. Terry Pratchett
definitions roles high-definition
I played teen roles until high definition came out. Selma Blair
definitions argument ends
A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one. Neil Postman
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 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 want kind
My definition of success? Being the kind of woman that I would want to have as a friend. Maria Shriver
definitions modernism
My definition of modernism took a while to develop. Peter Gay
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 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 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 sometimes persons
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides. John Henry Patterson
definitions west manhood
There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West. Frank Dobson
definitions limits
Any definition which limits us is deplorable. Edward Albee
definitions philosopher logic
What is a good definition? For the philosopher or the scientist, it is a definition which applies to all the objects to be defined, and applies only to them; it is that which satisfies the rules of logic. But in education it is not that; it is one that can be understood by the pupils. Henri Poincare
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