Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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

Nobody wants to just jump in and get schooled and then get yelled at by the twelve year old that did it. That's not the definition of fun for most people.

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.

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

Hasso Plattner

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

I saw myself as a facilitator. They knew specifically what freedom of speech was -- they could give you the textbook definition -- they had never had the opportunity to practice it.

Bill Clinton

That depends on what your definition of "is" is

textbook definition of the term 'good friend.' He would do anything for you.

Doug Stanhope

High definition ruined a lot of things that I used to hold sacrosanct in pornography.

Deepak Chopra

In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

Anthony Marra

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.

Ally Sheedy

Hollywood is the definition of sexual discrimination.

Anne Carson

Up against another human being one's own procedures take on definition

Andrew Wiles

The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself.

Andrew Bird

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

Ambrose Bierce

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

Sigmar Polke

The conventional definition of reality, and the idea of 'normal life', mean nothing.

Kara Swisher

Is a family just the strict definition of a small and discrete unit, or is it about the larger organic group that inevitably grows up around the smaller one?

Brent Weeks

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.

Brandi Carlile

I'm not sure I'll ever be famous by anyone's definition. I can only hope to be allowed by the audience to continue my life's work.

Bill Joy

The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand.

bell hooks

Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition.

Barry Sonnenfeld

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

There is a provision for a local office in the contract. But our definition of local may not be the same as Time Warner's.

There is a provision for a local office in the contract, ... But our definition of local may not be the same as Time Warner's.

Grace Meng

I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. That's what I will be above and beyond everything else.

Steve Williams

We're a team in search of an identity right now. I don't know if I can give you a definition for that.

Dennis Brown

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.

Ed Droste

I guess everyone has their own definition of what folk is or pop or whatever. I find it incredibly hard to describe music these days.

Bruno Latour

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