Definition Quotes - page 2

There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist. (John Fowles)
Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define. View quote
Ani DiFranco
I am bound by my own definition of criticism a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world. View quote
Matthew Arnold
A Chinaman of the T'ang Dynasty-and, by which definition, a philosopher-dreamed he was a butterfly, and from that moment he was never quite sure that he was not a butterfly dreaming it was a Chinese philosopher. Envy him; in his two-fold security. View quote
Tom Stoppard
I'm a man who falls in love so easily, and with such a reckless lack of consideration for the consequences of my actions, that from the very first instant of entering into a marriage I become, almost by definition, an adulterer. View quote
Michael Chabon
The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them. View quote
John Buchan
My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty. View quote
Aung San Suu Kyi
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'devoted and obedient'. This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman. View quote
Florence Nightingale
Laughter is by definition healthy. View quote
Doris Lessing
A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher. View quote
Sandy Koufax
It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. (John Henry Newman)
The following general definition of an animal a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort. View quote
Denis Diderot
That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is not present. View quote
Annie Besant
As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism. View quote
Che Guevara
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. View quote
Brian Kernighan
If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone. View quote
Arthur C. Brooks
My definition of success is control. View quote
Kenneth Branagh
Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction. View quote
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. View quote
Christopher Lasch
Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours. View quote
Ichiro Suzuki
Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan areas. (Dave Reichert)
Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable. View quote
Hugh Dancy
The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost. View quote
Maya Lin
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman. View quote
Randy Neugebauer
A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species. View quote
Walter Lang