Defining Quotes

287 quotes by 262 authors

Linguistics is a good way of defining the culture of a brand. The vocabulary used by sports and lifestyle brands - running, fitness, training, motorsports… — Francois-Henri Pinault
In 1933-34, the Belgians conducted a census in order to issue â€˜ethnicâ€™ identity cards, which labelled every Rwandan as either Hutu (85%) of Tutsi (14%)… — Philip Gourevitch
The Spirit of Cities presents a new approach to the study of cities in which the focus is placed on a city's defining ethos or… — Nathan Glazer
Jesus came to reveal God to us. He is the defining word on Godâ€”on what the heart of God is truly like, on what God… — John Eldred
The defining character of Steve Jobs isn't his genius, it isn't his talent, it isn't his success. It's his love. That's why crowds came to… — Larry Brilliant
Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character… — Ibrahim Babangida
Time heals many wounds but this loss becomes the defining sadness of your life. — Claire Cook
Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary. — Peter Agre
Just as eunuchs will never know aesthetics as applied to the selection of beautiful women, so neither will pure rationalists ever know ethics, nor will… — Miguel
Legendary innovators like Franklin, Snow, and Darwin all possess some common intellectual qualitiesâ€”a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosityâ€”but they also share one other defining… — Steven Johnson
If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I… — Tim Ferriss
Being a twin, and being my sister's twin, is such a defining part of my life that I wouldn't know how to be who I… — Taiye Selasi
All I want is the defining moment. — Brian Bosworth
You do brutal workouts to get used to suffering so suffering doesn't become a defining deal. — Greg Jackson
... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,… — Noam Chomsky
Does the Bible ever say anywhere from Genesis to Revelation, 'My house shall be called a house of preaching'? Does it ever say, 'My house… — Jim Cymbala
No disability or dictionary out there, is capable of clearly defining who we are as a person. — Robert M. Hensel
Business is a conversation because the defining work of business is conversation - literally. And 'knowledge workers' are simply those people whose job consists of… — David Weinberger
It's a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant that you know from now… — Jon Hein
This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another. — John Hodgman

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