Definition Quotes

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A son or daughter in any human family is either born to or adopted by the parents. By definition, a child can't be both. But… — Jerry Bridges
Everything that I do has a certain mechanical logic to it, and follows my definition of design--which is function with cultural content. — Carl Magnusson
My definition of success is: 1.) The progressive realization of worthy goals 2.) The ability to love and have compassion 3.) To be in touch… — Deepak Chopra
Nothing is as bad as it seems. Nothing. There is a benefit and a blessing hidden in the folds of every experience and every outcome.… — Neale Donald Walsch
War is by definition the indiscriminate killing of huge numbers of people for ends that are uncertain. Think about means and ends, and apply it… — Howard Zinn
If grownups want to dress in Tudor costume, douse babies in water, intone over the dead and do strange things with wine and wafers, it… — Simon Jenkins
One reason that challenge brings happiness is that it allows you to expand your self - definition. You become larger. Suddenly you can do yoga… — Gretchen Rubin
What is a good definition? For the philosopher or the scientist, it is a definition which applies to all the objects to be defined, and… — Henri Poincare
It's not about facts, it's about feelings. It's about remembering feelings and happiness. A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle… — Agnes Martin
What is the definition of guts? Grace under pressure. — Ernest Hemingway
Change can only exist in time. Without time there is no change. Change can only exist with a background of that which is changeless, otherwise… — Frederick Lenz
To have to fight the instincts - that is the definition of decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness equals instinct. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Truth cannot be defined, although it can certainly be experienced. But experience is not a definition. A definition is made by the mind, experience comes… — Rajneesh
Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress. — Robert Breault
The definition of winning has become distorted. If winning the rights to a property brings with it hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, what… — Dick Ebersol
The only things that distinguish the photographer from everybody else are his pictures: they alone are the basis for our special interest in him. If… — Robert Adams
Each lodge is an oasis if equality and good will in a desert of strife, working to wield mankind into a great league of sympathy… — Joseph Fort Newton
The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years ago... — Thomas Hoving
In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can… — Robert Fripp
As most doctors will tell you, cleansing is ridiculous. You know what's been around longer than that state-of-the-art juicer? Your kidneys. And your liver. Still,… — Sloane Crosley
Definition of responsibility: a commitment of the head, heart, and hands to fix the problem and never again affix blame. — John G. Miller
A word is used "correctly" when the average hearer will be affected by it in the way intended. This is a psychological, not a literary,… — Bertrand Russell
By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way. — Reverend Malcolm Boyd
This idea of doing it all is the enemy of equality, not the path to do it. It's impossible to do two full-time jobs, and… — Gloria Steinem
Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond… — John Yoo

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