Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Albee

Any definition which limits us is deplorable.

Richard Thaler

The median person still thought that their prices were going to go up. That's the definition of a bubble.

Richelle Mead

Immortals are, by definition, immortal. End of story.

Tryon Edwards

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

Truman Capote

Nancy clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that is the definition of a lady.

Rick Yancey

The monstrous act by definition demands a monster.

Peter Gay

My definition of modernism took a while to develop.

Peter McWilliams

Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens.

Quentin Tarantino

I've never used High Definition video, never, ever, ever, ever, ever. And I never will. I can't stand that crap.

Thomas Reid

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.

Saul Bellow

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

Excuse me ... but I reject your definitions of me.

Robert Delaunay

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 De Niro

My definition of a good hotel is a place I'd stay at.

Robert Penn Warren

In separateness only does love learn definition.

Selma Blair

I played teen roles until high definition came out.

Neil Postman

A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one.

Tom Holt

The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet

Toni Morrison

Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.

Rumi

Know the true definition of yourself. That is essential. Then, when you know your own definition, flee from it.

Tony Hsieh

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.

Robert Burns

Mankind is a science that defies definitions.

Ridley Scott

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.

T. S. Eliot

The definition of hell is a place where nothing connects with nothing.

Terry Pratchett

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.

Simone Weil

True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.

Remy de Gourmont

A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble

Robert M. Pirsig

Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can't reason without them.

Wole Soyinka

I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.

Warren Farrell

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.