Definitions Quotes

... I suddenly woke up to the fact that if I accepted anybody's definition of what there was in the world, I would be limited.

Love is a continual interrogation. I don’t know of a better definition of love.

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.

The true definition of a perennial: Any plant which, had it lived, would have bloomed year after year.

What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms?

The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers.

As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.

Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction.

I can only approach it as a woman. Masculinity has been depicted in very black-and-white terms. There never seems to be a wide range of emotional definitions of men.

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

If 'bounded by a surface' is the definition of body there cannot be an infinite body either intelligible or sensible.

Throw away the light, the definitions, and say what you see in the dark.

I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.

Hollywood is the definition of sexual discrimination.

Beauty plus pity -- that is the closest we can get to a definition of art.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

Every act is an act of self definition.

A lady is nothing very specific. One man's lady is another man's woman; sometimes, one man's lady is another man's wife. Definitions overlap but they almost never coincide.

Definition is the companion of clarity; clarity is the guide to your goals.

Clever, but schoolteacher beat him anyway to show him that definitions belonged to the definers - not the defined.

There is no rigorous definition of rigor.

By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it.

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.

I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions.

My definition of confidence is how you feel about yourself, and not letting the external world define you.

Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth.

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

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

The definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you.

A society in stable equilibrium is-by definition-one that has no history and wants no historians.

One thing's for sure. If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. One definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expect different results.

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

My definition of an artist is anyone who's ahead of his time and behind on his rent.

The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.

I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tendency to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.

Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training.

The shortest definition of religion: interruption.

Pedagogically, we need definitions and borders. They help us get our heads around what we're talking about.

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

Of all the definitions of love that abound in our universe, a special favorite of mine is... “the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.”

My definition of success: When your core values and self-concept are in harmony with your daily actions and behaviors.

To totalitarianism, an opponent is by definition subversive; democracy treats subversives as mere opponents for fear of betraying its principles.

There is no definition of a mental disorder. It's bullshit. I mean, you just can't define it.

The association of motorcycles with LSD is no accident of publicity. They are both a means to an end, to the place of definitions.

The definition of mantra is "that which protects the mind." That which protects the mind from negativity, or that which protects you from your own mind, is called mantra.

You will be faced with facing all the things in yourself that keep you from knowing who you are, you'll have to stand up to roles and definitions that your family and culture have given you.

A classification is a definition comprising a system of definitions.

Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective.