Definition Quotes

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I've always been interested in definitions, because in the Bible, the Ten Commandments are there but there's no real clear definition of what sin is,… — Whitley Strieber
By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to… — George Tenet
We still lack a global definition of terrorism. — Gijs de Vries
You start meditation as an average human being who is filled with vagueness and not much purpose or definition, who is controlled by their desires,… — Frederick Lenz
When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction. — Criss Jami
The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost. — Maya Lin
Is there anything worse than being called the 'It Girl?' By definition, there will be a new one in two weeks. — Brit Marling
I think by definition you need to have lived a little bit to write anything that's humanly true. — Richard K. Morgan
By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is… — David Whyte
I had been told from school onwards that the best definition of a human being was man the tool-maker - yet I had just watched… — Jane Goodall
In fact, the answer to the question "What is mathematics?" has changed several times during the course of history... It was only in the last… — Keith Devlin
Nature/Structure. There is no more to say. In my pictures I reduce to that. But 'reduce' is the wrong word, because these are not simplifications.… — Gerhard Richter
As with any other great force of nature, there is both glory and danger in the stories we tell ourselves. Some are toxic and keep… — Dawna Markova
It is of man's essence to create materially and morally, to fabricate things and to fabricate himself. Homo faber is the definition I propose ...… — Henri Bergson
I tell people if it's in the news don't worry about it. Because by definition news is something that almost never happens. — Bruce Schneier
This is all you have to do. Sit down once a day to the novel and start working without internal criticism, without debilitating expectations, without… — Walter Mosley
Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue… — William Morris Hunt
The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects… — Asa Gray
My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. — Thom Gunn
AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority has the guts… — Larry Kramer
Being naive simply means that we reject received wisdom that something is a problem. We are always naive relative to some definition of the situation,… — Karl E. Weick
If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women. — Christopher Hampton
If you keep saying two plus two equals five over and over again, then that is what people are going to think. Maybe it does… — Kevin Sorbo
There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state. — William C. Kirby
At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu.… — Kurt Busiek

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