Definition Quotes

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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them. — Ezra Pound
God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive. — Ayn Rand
Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be… — Paul Rand
Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the… — Dan Rather
Politicians are nauseating by definition... They can produce nothing, neither a loaf of bread nor a table nor a picture; and this inability to create… — Gerhard Richter
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain… — Tony Robbins
Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays… — Mitt Romney
If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been… — Bertrand Russell
That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief. — George Saunders
For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition… — George Saunders
A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life. — Albert Schweitzer
Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of reading that counts;… — Jon Scieszka
I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes me feel sexier… — Sarah Shahi
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. — George Bernard Shaw
My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match. — Arlen Specter
Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an absolute… — Lysander Spooner
Any rule, not existing in the nature of things, or that is not permanent, universal and inflexible in its application, is no law, according to… — Lysander Spooner
The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. — Madame de Stael
It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap. — Peter Steele
I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition. — Tom Stoppard
There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the mother's… — Susan Sullivan
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. — Jonathan Swift
The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. — Jonathan Swift
My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place. — Taylor Swift

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