If pressed to supplement Tweedledee's ostensive definition of logic with a discursive definition of the same subject, I would say that logic… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
TWO-MINUTE WARNING: When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Much blood has also been spilled on the carpet in attempts to distinguish between science fiction and fantasy. I have suggested an… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Throw away the light, the definitions, and say what you see in the dark. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I believe in a world where mothers are not expected to shed any physical evidence of their child-bearing experience. In that same… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
we expect definitions to tell us not only what is, but what to do about it; to show us how the world… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
Once established, a successful style looks like an inevitability - maybe that's the definition of a successful style - but there's often… — David Salle Copy Share Image
The two sides of the equation are the same. We have a tautology. The definition is meaningless. — Norman Macbeth Copy Share Image
Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I looked up 'standard' in the dictionary. There are eleven different definitions. — Dave Winer Copy Share Image
Claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
You have to have the definition of what you're trying to do across the system. — Hosain Rahman Copy Share Image
The physical five oranges goes up the ladder to the picture of the five oranges which goes up to the representation of… — Dan Meyer Copy Share Image
Don't confine yourself to a select group of friends, often known as a clique. Cliques by definition leave people out. Lock yourself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What is at the center of your life? Carefully examine where you spend your attention, your time. Look at your appointment book,… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
Definitions must contain the means of reaching a decision in a finite number off steps, and existence proofs must be conducted so… — Leopold Kronecker Copy Share Image
Most weeks, I work 100-plus hours on TheMuse.com. There are definitions of 'work-life balance' that would say I have none. — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
The lady is proverbial for her skill in eluding definition ... she may be described merely as the female of the favored… — Emily James Smith Putnam Copy Share Image
A very large part of English middle-class education is devoted to the training of servants...In so far as it is, by definition,… — Raymond Williams Copy Share Image
We can come up with a working definition of life, which is what we did for the Viking mission to Mars. We… — Cyril Ponnamperuma Copy Share Image
I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure,… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Intellectuals resist faith longer because they can: where ordinary people are helpless before the light, intellectuals are clever enough to spin webs… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
