Quotes about definitions
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 not-sure audience
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. Brandi Carlile
definitions would-be world
The composition of a common world would be the definition of politics. Bruno Latour
definitions protest restraint
In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint. Chinua Achebe
definitions destination
We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination. Ben Okri
definitions pragmatism bottom
The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses. Charles Sanders Peirce
definitions bases behinds
The only definition by which Americas best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis. Bill Gates
definitions great-leadership great-leader
Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental. Bill Hybels
definitions standards computing
The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand. Bill Joy
definitions body infinite
If 'bounded by a surface' is the definition of body there cannot be an infinite body either intelligible or sensible. Aristotle
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.
definitions pops these-days
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. Ed Droste
definitions how-to-love would-be
Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition. bell hooks
definitions firsts figures
By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around. Barry Sonnenfeld
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 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 corporations states
The definition of fascism is The marriage of corporation and state Benito Mussolini
definitions attention language
Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form. Robert Morgan
definitions littles madness
My life has gotten a little more complicated than my ability to describe it. That used to be the definition of madness, now it's just continuous overload. Bharati Mukherjee
definitions different action
The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result. Albert Einstein
definitions definition-of-beauty
The very definition of 'beauty' is outside. Adam Carolla
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 used ruined
High definition ruined a lot of things that I used to hold sacrosanct in pornography. Doug Stanhope
definitions pay
Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it. Aaron Allston
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 standards
I looked up 'standard' in the dictionary. There are eleven different definitions. Dave Winer
definitions chicago helping
My definition of a 'friend' is, coming from Chicago, someone who says, 'Yeah, sure. You know what? Let's talk about what we can talk about. Let's help each other out. Your politics are none of my business.' David Mamet
definitions culinary literary-devices
HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Ambrose Bierce
definitions emotion anticipation
Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation. Dario Argento
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