Definition Quotes - page 6

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. (John Keats)
The most general definition of beauty ... Multeity in Unity. View quote
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
There is only one valid definition of a business purpose: to create a customer. View quote
Peter Drucker
I think the growth industry of the future in this country and the world will soon be the continuing education of adults. ...I think the educated person of the future is somebody who realizes the need to continue to learn. That is the new definition and it is going to change the world we live in and work in. View quote
Peter Drucker
The basic definition of the business and of its purpose and mission have to be translated into objectives. View quote
Peter Drucker
All economic activity is by definition "high risk." And defending yesterday--that is, not innovating--is far more risky than making tomorrow. View quote
Peter Drucker
Although the problem of transmuting chemical elements into each other is much older than a satisfactory definition of the very concept of chemical element, it is well known that the first and most important step towards its solution was made only nineteen years ago by the late Lord Rutherford, who started the method of the nuclear bombardments. View quote
Enrico Fermi
As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be a parameter to the optimizer. View quote
Larry Wall
The name of happiness is but a wider term for the unalloy'd conditions of the Pleasur of Life, attendant on all function, and not to be deny'd to th' soul, unless forsooth in our thought of nature spiritual is by definition unnatural. View quote
Robert Bridges
The practice of first developing a clear and precise definition of a process without regard for efficiency, and then using it as a guide and a test in exploring equivalent processes possessing other characteristics, such as greater efficiency, is very common in mathematics. It is a very fruitful practice which should not be blighted by premature emphasis on efficiency in computer execution. View quote
Kenneth E. Iverson
A semantic definition of a particular set of command types, then, is a rule for constructing, for any command of one of these types, a verification condition on the antecedents and consequents. (Robert Floyd)
What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms? View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both partners, without domination or unfair advantage. Together we have been partners in adversity - let us also be partners in prosperity. View quote
John F. Kennedy
Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity? View quote
Richard Eberhart
Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted. View quote
Abraham Verghese
A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children. View quote
Markus Zusak
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis. View quote
Martha Beck
Generosity is, by definition, disinterested. View quote
Piero Ferrucci
Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It's the inability to relate to another human being. It's the inability to love. View quote
Richard Yates
You seem to be using some sort of logical system where when you get near any explanation, you say: "By definition my problem is insoluble. Now that explanation over there would solve it. But since I've defined my problem as insoluble, then by definition that solution doesn't apply.”. View quote
Samuel R. Delany
There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By definition, gods are more powerful than men, and thus quite able to fend for themselves without help. (Steve Perry)
There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad. View quote
Jose Bergamin
Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting. View quote
Hubert Selby Jr.
My definition of beauty is happiness. I believe that when you are happy, it shines through and makes you a more attractive and beautiful person! View quote
Bianca Balti
I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out. View quote
Glenn Close