Definition Quotes

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Don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own. (This is easier said than done.) — Jacqueline Briskin
We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it.... That does not fit my definition of a… — Rose Bird
We all know how stupid the average person is. Now realize that, by definition, fifty percent of the population is dumber than that. — Ivan Stang
There is no definition of a mental disorder. It's bullshit. I mean, you just can't define it. — Jon Rappoport
Self-definition and self-determination is about the many varied decisions that we make to compose and journey toward ourselves, about the audacity and strength to proclaim,… — Janet Mock
Content and technology are strange bed fellows. We are joined together. Sometimes we misunderstand each other. But isn't that after all the definition of marriage? — Howard Stringer
By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around. — Barry Sonnenfeld
Luxury, by definition, means something that appears to be the best of whatever it represents. It's a word that raises people's expectations, whether talking about… — Isadore Sharp
The biggest thing for women to keep in mind is you can't ever let someone define beauty for you. Look in the mirror and say… — Jennie Runk
The definition of a limit is essentially his [Cauchy's] creation and is as much of a miracle as those fantastic Swiss clocks of the period… — David Berlinski
I have a definition of success.. — Benjamin Zander
By very definition this wilderness is a need. The idea of wilderness as an area without man's influence is man's own concept. Its values are… — Howard Zahniser
Analytic It is clear that the definition of "logic" or "mathematics" must be sought by trying to give a new definition of the old notion… — Bertrand Russell
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is… — Arthur C. Clarke
A milestone is less date and more definition. — Rands
I know of no better definition of love than the one given by Proust - Love is space and time measured by the heart. — Gian Carlo Menotti
It seems thus possible to give a preliminary definition of walking as a space of enunciation. — Michel de Certeau
When you are caught in the mind, your past defines you. When you are present, you are beyond definition. — Leonard Jacobson
But Hezbollah now has reared its ugly head in a way that threatens the entire free world. And they want, by their own charter and… — Zach Wamp
The best definition I have ever heard of a vocation is that it's the place where your great joy meets the world's great need. We… — Eric Greitens
A serious life, by definition, is a life one reflects on, a life one tries to make sense of and bear witness to. Truth in… — Vivian Gornick
My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you. — Jenna Jameson
Socialism and federalism are necessarily political opposites, because the former demands that centralized concentration of power which the latter by definition denies. — Felix Morley
The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class. — Louis Dudek
Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In… — Mireille Guiliano

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