Cricket, however, has more in it than mere efficiency. There is something called the spirit of cricket, which cannot be defined. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Sin may then be defined ultimately as anything in the creature which does not express, or which is contrary to, the holy… — J. Oliver Buswell Copy Share Image
Science-fiction ... can be defined as: Imaginative extrapolation of true natural phenomena, existing now, or likely to exist in the future. — Hugo Gernsback Copy Share Image
Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's… — Karen Duffy Copy Share Image
Never yet has a God been defined in terms which were not palpably self-contradictory and absurd; never yet has a God been… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors. — Elsa Maxwell Copy Share Image
The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet al the more astute theorists of love acknowledge that we would… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It would not be desirable to include 'terrorism' among international crimes subject to International Criminal Court jurisdiction if defined to apply only… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
One can speak of an alterity of desire - a paradigm defined outside the tired, tacitly accepted regime, but one comes up… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
His [Frank Sinatra] voice defined not only a certain period of time, but America and what America meant to the world. Sinatra… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
For the first 200 years of our nation's history, corporations were never defined by the courts as persons with free speech rights… — John Bonifaz Copy Share Image
Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to… — George Steinbrenner Copy Share Image
I was an aspiring astrophysicist, and that's how I defined myself, not by my skin color. People didn't treat me as someone… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Without precisely defined sources, methods, and concepts, it is possible to see absolutely everything and its opposite. — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Life may be defined to be the power of self-augmentation or assimilation, not of self-nurture; for then a steam-engine over a coal-pit… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
There is no point in being a responsible member of society, nor is there any point in being an irresponsible member of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A Tong can perhaps be defined as a mutual benefit society for people with a common interest which is illegal or dangerously… — Hakim Bey Copy Share Image
We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military… — James L. Jones Copy Share Image
Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you take action and use it. — Ken Blanchard Copy Share Image
Surely no mere mortal who has at all gone down into himself will ever pretend that his slightest thought or act solely… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry. — Kenneth Koch Copy Share Image
What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Every ambiguous, false, tearful, emotional exaggeration brings about that typically kitsch attitude which could be defined as "sentimentality." — Gillo Dorfles Copy Share Image
I've changed my style constantly, so I'm not sure I have one defined style, except perhaps style of subject matter. But you… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“We are not defined by our things. Its not our clothes we wear or the cars we own or the art we… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
It's so interesting that humanity has to be defined by emotional strife or something. I don't buy into that. — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Patriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president's particular agenda - and that to dispute a presidential policy is… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Econometrics may be defined as the quantitative analysis of actual economic phenomena based on the concurrent development of theory and observation, related… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
I doubt most people could survive being defined by the least advisable sexual encounter they've engaged in. — Amanda Marcotte Copy Share Image
If you are not a clearly defined human being, it is very hard to define your image... What I've realized in my… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Finding a voice that your readers will enjoy is largely a matter of taste. Saying that isn't much help-taste is a quality… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Disempowerment - whether defined in terms of a lack of self-confidence , apathy, fear, or an inability to take charge of one's… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I'm attracted to strong female roles: females that aren't necessarily defined by their relationships with men. — Shari Sebbens Copy Share Image
In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either… — Louis Berkhof Copy Share Image
There's always that sense of because we're so racially defined, if you're trying to cross the boundaries you don't fit into any… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image