Quotes about definitions
definitions enjoy definition-of-happiness
You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness! Jackie Kennedy
definitions our-society sides
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 Lasch
definitions problem resources
The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future. Esther Dyson
definitions
I am the complete and utter definition of a Luddite. Graham McTavish
definitions terrorism stills
We still lack a global definition of terrorism. Gijs de Vries
definitions fluffy shirts
Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable. Hugh Dancy
definitions garbage television
The only thing high-definition television will do is provide sharper images of the garbage. George Carlin
definitions facts habit
One must be careful with words. Words turn probabilities into facts and by sheer force of definition translate tendencies into habits. Fay Weldon
definitions classic fit
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. Ezra Pound
definitions example doe
In neither his definition nor the examples illustrating what memes are does Dawkins mention anything that would distinguish memes from concepts. Ernst Mayr
definitions definition-of-beauty our-lives
The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives. Jim C. Hines
definitions looks god-knows
If you look at most definitions, a god is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. In particular, god knows when you are doing something that you shouldn't be doing and whether you are playing according to god's rules. Julian Assange
definitions cases welsh
By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be. Irvine Welsh
definitions partners promiscuity
The definition of promiscuity? One more partner than you've ever had. Gloria Feldt
definitions
How likely are definitions to be pleasurable. Gertrude Stein
definitions too-much needs
My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied. Jose Mujica
definitions habit bad-habits
There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad. Jose Bergamin
definitions philosopher logic
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. Henri Poincare
definitions catchy you-like-it
By definition pop is extremely catchy, whether you like it or not, Kurt Cobain
definitions done constrain
I see myself as someone who makes things. Definitions have never done anything but constrain. Jonathan Safran Foer
definitions fiction make-sense
There is only one definition of science fiction that seems to make sense: 'Science fiction is anything published as science fiction.' Norman Spinrad
definitions definition-of-success thrown
My definition of success is not having things thrown at me! Orson Welles
definitions tyranny
The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place. James Madison
definitions genius should
The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do. James Lipton
definitions sometimes persons
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides. John Henry Patterson
definitions orthodoxy open-minded
I will raise up prophets to make conflicting pronouncements that inevitably will be garbled in transcription, resulting in mutually exclusive definitions of orthodoxy from which the open-minded will flee in dismay. Sheri S. Tepper
definitions west manhood
There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West. Frank Dobson
definitions might pages
The definition of a page-turner really aught to be that this page is so good, you can't bear to leave it behind, but then the next page is there and it might be just as amazing as this one. John Burnside
definitions doe fit
Oh God, Oh God we’re all gonna die doesn’t really fit the definition of banter, now does it? Lilith Saintcrow
definitions modern aids
AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority has the guts to call it one. Larry Kramer
definitions mythology one-sentence
A one sentence definition of mythology? Mythology is what we call someone else's religion. Joseph Campbell
definitions classification
A classification is a definition comprising a system of definitions. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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