Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Gates

The only definition by which Americas best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.

James Madison

The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.

James Lipton

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

Frank Dobson

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

Edward Albee

Any definition which limits us is deplorable.

Jose Mujica

My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.

Jose Bergamin

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

Kurt Cobain

By definition pop is extremely catchy, whether you like it or not,

Jonathan Safran Foer

I see myself as someone who makes things. Definitions have never done anything but constrain.

Norman Spinrad

There is only one definition of science fiction that seems to make sense: 'Science fiction is anything published as science fiction.'

Orson Welles

My definition of success is not having things thrown at me!

Henri Poincare

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.

John Henry Patterson

An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

Benito Mussolini

The definition of fascism is The marriage of corporation and state

Esther Dyson

The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future.

Jim Boeheim

If you're analytical, you have to be blunt. That's by definition. You can't analyze something and not be blunt about it. What would you rather hear if not the truth?

Jackie Kennedy

You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness!

Christopher Lasch

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

Christopher Hitchens

The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.

George Vecsey

Every championship, by definition, is historic.

George Carlin

The only thing high-definition television will do is provide sharper images of the garbage.

Fay Weldon

One must be careful with words. Words turn probabilities into facts and by sheer force of definition translate tendencies into habits.

Ezra Pound

A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.

Graham McTavish

I am the complete and utter definition of a Luddite.

Gijs de Vries

We still lack a global definition of terrorism.

Hugh Dancy

Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable.

Ernst Mayr

In neither his definition nor the examples illustrating what memes are does Dawkins mention anything that would distinguish memes from concepts.

Jenna Jameson

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

Jim C. Hines

The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.

Kevin Harrington

By definition startups usually do not turn a profit.

Gloria Feldt

The definition of promiscuity? One more partner than you've ever had.

Jack Kingston

If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.

Peter Gay

My definition of modernism took a while to develop.