Definition Quotes - page 32

The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. (Michael Kinsley)
Josh Smith: But specifically where you stand when it comes to rape, and should it be legal for a woman to get an abortion if she's - Paul Ryan: Yeah, well, so I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea - the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life. View quote
Paul Ryan
In this, our land, we are called upon to give but little in return for the advantages which we receive. Shall we give that little grudgingly? Our definition of patriotism is often too narrow. View quote
William Jennings Bryan
Cartoons are ridicule and satire by definition. A negative attitude is the nature of the art. View quote
Paul Conrad
No one can describe the disappointment, I had after losing to Lenda Murray in 2003 Ms Olympia when I clearly know and others knew I beat her by a land slide... Ok Lenda has great delts maybe the best in the business... A wonderful shape to her physique nice round bellies to her muscles "BUT" let the story be told she didn't have all the HARMONY the lines not to mention the definition I display that year.. View quote
Iris Kyle
I want to hug you. And I want to tear your gods-damned head off. Both at once." "Ah," said Locke. "Near as I can tell, that's the definition of 'family' right there. View quote
Scott Lynch
Compassion comes from a choice and not the liberal definition of a choice - the choice to say I can do with a little less so my brother can have a little more. View quote
Allen West (politician)
My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak. View quote
John le Carré
Solitude is greater than I anticipated. My sense of values is changing, and many things which before were in solution in my mind now seem to be crystallizing. I am better able to tell what in the world is wheat for me and what is chaff. In fact, my definition of success itself is changing. View quote
Richard E. Byrd
Film theory has nothing to do with film. Students presumably hope to find out something about film, and all they will find out is an occult and arcane language designed only for the purpose of excluding those who have not mastered it and giving academic rewards to those who have. No one with any literacy, taste or intelligence would want to teach these courses, so the bona fide definition of people teaching them are people who are incapable of teaching anything else. View quote
Roger Ebert
All I can say is that the fake news just doesn't get it, do they? They don't get it. [inaudible 00:02:54] They just don't get it. Hello Charleston, and I'm thrilled to be back in the great state of South Carolina with thousands of hardworking American Patriots who believe in faith, family, God, and country. Thank you. It's a phenomenal crowd, only topped by the number of people outside that didn't get in. If anybody would like to give up where you're standing or your seat, please raise your hand. All right. Then let's begin, right? Thank you all very much though. This is great. No, they don't get it. Down the road, they have a rally for one of the people that are going to be running tomorrow. They're trying to get to a hundred, but they're not going to make it. So I think they're going to set up a round table. Well, that's what they do. So people want to go to a rally, they end up sitting at a round table talking about their definition of impeachment. Crazy. (Donald Trump)
I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field. View quote
Hope Solo
Art is why I get up in the morning my definition ends there. You know it doesn't seem fair, that I'm living for something I can't even define. And there you are right there, in the mean time. View quote
Ani DiFranco
I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling. View quote
Temple Grandin
When we take care of ourselves, we are more effective, we are more creative, and we are more successful in a broad definition of the word. View quote
Arianna Huffington
Emergency conditions are, almost by definition, rare in the normally functioning peaceful society. View quote
Abraham Maslow
If swindling pays, then it will not stop. The definition of the good society is one in which virtue pays. View quote
Abraham Maslow
There needs to be bolder thinking, ... on how to measure the quality of life of men and women in the work force. Currently, success is measured by material advancements. We need to readjust the definition of success to account for time outside of work and satisfaction of life, not just the dollars-and-cents bottom line. View quote
Betty Friedan
I can stand.” "It looks to me like you‘re using a wall to prop you up. that's not my definition of ‘standing.'” "Its leaning,” Jace told him. "Leaning comes right before standing. View quote
Cassandra Clare
Putting my hand in someone else's has always been my definition of happiness. Before I fall asleep, often - in that small struggle not to lose consciousness and go into the greater world - often, before I get up the courage to go into the vastness of sleep, I pretend that someone has my hand in theirs, and then I go, go to that enormous absence of form that is sleep. And when even after that I don't have courage, I dream. View quote
Clarice Lispector
For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries. (George Clooney)
Hags do not haggle over "equality," for we know there is no equality among unique Selves. Noting that one definition of the term equal is "capable of meeting the requirements of a situation or a task," Jan Raymond observes that what each asks of the other is that she be equal to the task at hand.... Crones expect and en-courage each other to become sister pyrotechnists, building the fire that is fueled by Fury, the fire that warms and lights the place where we can each have a loom of our own, where we can spin and weave the tapestries of Crone-centered creation. View quote
Mary Daly
According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes I'm looking at God. Whenever I'm listening to something I'm listening to God. View quote
Pete Seeger
Fanaticism has been properly described as redoubling one's effort after one's aim has been forgotten, and this definition will serve as a good introduction to the fallacy of technology, which is the conclusion that because a thing can be done it must be done. The means absorb completely, and man becomes blind to the very concept of ends. View quote
Richard Weaver
I think by definition you need to have lived a little bit to write anything that's humanly true. View quote
Richard Morgan