Defining Quotes

287 quotes by 258 authors

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. — Tony Snow
Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that… — Sonia Sotomayor
I don't like defining myself. I just am. — Britney Spears
Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not… — John Sununu
I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance. — Sam Taylor-Wood
It was the defining event and remains a thousand degrees hot. — John Archibald Wheeler
Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of Jesus Christ, both… — David A. Bednar
While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies in… — Colm Toibin
That was the thing about words, they were clear and specific-chair, eye, stone- but when you talked about feelings, words were too stiff, they were… — Janet Fitch
Certain mystes aver that the real world has been constructed by the human mind, since our ways are governed by the artificial categories into which… — Gene Wolfe
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. — Robert Benchley
Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others… — Eckhart Tolle
Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasnâ€™t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Now death is uncool, old-fashioned. To my mind the defining characteristic of our era is spin, everything tailored to vanishing point by market research, brands… — Tana French
The essential and defining characteristic of childhood is not the effortless merging of dream and reality, but only alienation. There are no words for childhood's… — Stephen King
Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself. — Eckhart Tolle
Once in a while, life gives you a chance to measure your worth. Sometimes you're called upon to make a split-second decision to do the… — Perry Moore
No one likes to admit that in the end we all die by inches, gradually losing all the defining visual characteristics that make us us — Simon R. Green
Offence is so easily given. And where the 'minority' issue is involved, the rules seem to shift about: most of the time a person who… — Lynne Truss
We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression. — Charles Taylor

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