Definite Quotes

423 Definite quotes by 340 unique authors

Power always acts destructively, for its possessors are ever striving to lace all phenomena of social life into a corset of their laws to give… — Rudolf Rocker
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with… — H. L. Mencken
A startup is the largest endeavor over which you can have definite mastery. You can have agency not just over your own life, but over… — Peter Thiel
Stars have a life cycle much like animals. They get born, they grow, they go through a definite internal development, and finally they die, to… — Hans Bethe
Keep a definite goal of achievement constantly in view. Realize that work well and worthily done makes life truly worth living. — Grenville Kleiser
Every attempt, by whatever authority, to fix a maximum of productive labor by a given worker in a given time is an unjust restriction upon… — Nicholas Murray Butler
There is a definite link between gratitude and spirituality. — Elaine L. Jack
Coitus is random, children are definite. — Thomas Keneally
The trouble with integers is that we have examined only the very small ones. Maybe all the exciting stuff happens at really big numbers, ones… — Ronald Graham
I have worked to free shape from its ground, and then to work the shape so that it has a definite relationship to the space… — Ellsworth Kelly
The Pigtronix Envelope Phaser pedal is a definite 'must have' for your Funk recipe cookbook......it adds definite Funkaliciousness to your WOO stew. — Bernie Worrell
If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no 'friction,' no fire.… — P D Ouspensky
Now we see how the astronomical evidence supports the biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the essential elements in… — Robert Jastrow
Music is a science which should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot really be known… — Jean-Philippe Rameau
Mathematics as a science, commenced when first someone, probably a Greek, proved propositions about "any" things or about "some" things, without specifications of definite particular… — Alfred North Whitehead
The ecological crisis we face is so obvious that it becomes easy...to join the dots and see that everything is interconnected. This is the ecological… — Timothy Morton
I create for each individual woman to reflect her definite sense of personal style and unique beauty — Jae Hee
When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure clarified your attitude toward him. You have given a definite answer to… — R. A. Lafferty
People usually complain that music is so ambiguous, and what they are supposed to think when they hear it is so unclear, while words are… — Felix Mendelssohn
I'm afraid of habit patterns It would be too much of a routine if you had to establish definite ways of getting through things. You'd… — Edie Sedgwick
The road conditions are so variable here, there is ice, snow and everything in between. But a podium finish is a definite possibility if we… — Ken Block
From all human oracles, however self-confident, we turn at last to the inspired Word, where instead of ambiguous and untrustworthy utterances, we find teachings distinct… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
The Science of Mind is intensely practical because it teaches us how to use the Mind Principle for definite purposes, such as helping those who… — Ernest Holmes
For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If… — John Wooden
He who does not at some time, with definite determination consent to the terribleness of life, or even exalt in it, never takes possession of… — Rainer Maria Rilke

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