Quotes about definitions
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 pragmatism bottom
The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses. Charles Sanders Peirce
definitions able sound
But when you have to deal with notes, and to be able to make a full definition of what a sound is - if you are not around that environment, then you'll find you lose that feel, that momentum, you lose all that. Dennis Brown
definitions standards computing
The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand. Bill Joy
definitions polemics wells
Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn't meant to convince anybody of anything. Art Spiegelman
definitions obedience said
You’ll come with us,” she said. “Sure,” Gavin said. “It wasn’t a request.” “Yes it was,” Gavin said. “When you don’t have power to compel obedience, by definition you’re making a request. Brent Weeks
definitions great-leadership great-leader
Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental. Bill Hybels
definitions natural prime
1 is not prime, by definition. 2 is an unnatural prime, 4 is an unnatural prime, and 6 is an unnatural prime. All other natural primes cannot be unnatural primes. Aristotle
definitions definition-of-beauty
The very definition of 'beauty' is outside. Adam Carolla
definitions males study
We cannot study creativeness in an ultimate sense until we realize that practically all the definitions that we have been using of creativeness are essentially male or masculine definitions of male or masculine products. We've left out of consideration almost entirely the creativeness of women. Abraham Maslow
definitions different action
The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result. Albert Einstein
definitions used ruined
High definition ruined a lot of things that I used to hold sacrosanct in pornography. Doug Stanhope
definitions different elements
The Silvertop and the Goldtop both had subtlety where it was needed but lots of definition as well. I liked the different voicings of the distortion/fuzz elements. Dweezil Zappa
definitions spirit consciousness
In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit. Deepak Chopra
definitions bugs exclusion
Nothing, she now knew, could be defined in exclusion, and every bug, pencil, and grass blade was a dictionary in itself, requiring the definitions of all things to fulfill its own. Anthony Marra
definitions elusive
I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive. Andrew Bird
definitions culinary literary-devices
HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Ambrose Bierce
definitions hollywood discrimination
Hollywood is the definition of sexual discrimination. Ally Sheedy
definitions procedures humans
Up against another human being one's own procedures take on definition Anne Carson
definitions problem mathematics
The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself. Andrew Wiles
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 hell
The definition of hell is a place where nothing connects with nothing. T. S. Eliot
definitions world study
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world. Simone Weil
definitions flour
A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble Remy de Gourmont
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 immortal died
The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet Tom Holt
definitions beloved defined
Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined. Toni Morrison
definitions essentials chaos
Know the true definition of yourself. That is essential. Then, when you know your own definition, flee from it. Rumi
definitions mankind
Mankind is a science that defies definitions. Robert Burns
definitions
I'm very competitive. I just go with what engages or fascinates me in my work and that's it. I have no definition; I just love to do it. Ridley Scott
definitions
Truth by definition excludes. Ravi Zacharias