Definitions Quotes · Page 30

all theology knowingly or not is by definition always engaged for or against the oppressed.

— Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza

“Ignorance is the perception of the nonexistent, and the nonperception of the Existent.”

— Yukteswar Giri

Since the photographic medium has been digitized, a fixed definition of the term photography has become impossible.

— Andreas Gursky

To be happy one must be (a) well fed, unhounded by sordid cares, at ease in Zion, (b) full of a comfortable…

— H. L. Mencken

Nancy clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that is the definition of a lady.

— Truman Capote

But once you publish a book, doesn’t it by definition become the realm of public discourse? Otherwise, wouldn’t we just write books…

— Jonathan Evison

When you say fear of the unknown, that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do…

— M. Night Shyamalan

A theorem is a proposition which is a strict logical consequence of certain definitions and other propositions.

— Anatol Rapoport

Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view.

— Charles R. Swindoll

The definition of adventure depends upon how boring your life is.

— Demetri Martin

We are essentially outsiders and that is the best definition of an entrepreneur I have ever come across.

— Anita Roddick

Artistic imagination must remain free. It is by definition free from any fidelity to circumstances, especially to the intoxicating circumstances of history.

— Andre Breton

Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a…

— Thomas Sowell

The battle for the world is the battle for definitions.

— Thomas Szasz

[Cities] are not like suburbs, only denser. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of these is that…

— Jane Jacobs

I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed a constitutional…

— George W. Bush

Journalism (definition): The art, or science, of representing life as a series of clichés.

— Richard Summerbell

A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

— Confucius

To describe the animate life of particular things is simply the most precise and parsimonious way to articulate the things as we…

— David Abram

A classification is a definition comprising a system of definitions.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

FDI is a responsibility for Indians & an opportunity for the World. My definition of FDI for the people of India is…

— Narendra Modi

The definitions of the Church are the rules of true faith.

— Alphonsus Liguori

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the…

— Jean M. Auel

I don't really identify with America, I don't really feel like an American or part of the American experience, and I don't…

— George Carlin

The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.

— Peter Drucker