Definition Quotes

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Science manipulates things and gives up living in them. It makes its own limited models of things; operating upon these indices or variables to effect… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Immortals are, by definition, immortal. End of story. — Richelle Mead
Don't confine yourself to a select group of friends, often known as a clique. Cliques by definition leave people out. Lock yourself into one, and… — Jerry Spinelli
You will never get to the irreducible definition of anything because you will never be able to explain why you want to explain, and so… — Alan Watts
Definition Of A Wanderer: A guy who's always looking beyond — Stephen King
The Divine was beyond description, beyond knowing, beyond comprehension. To say that the Divine was Creation divided by Destruction was as close as one could… — Tom Robbins
Curiosity and irreverence go together. Curiosity cannot exist without the other. Curiosity asks, "Is this true?" "Just because this has always been the way, is… — Saul Alinsky
God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love. — Francis Chan
Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action. — Ralph Ellison
Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I’m not… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
How many demons and people are enslaved here? (Jericho) Define slavery. (Asmodeus) Kept against their will. (Jericho) Good definition. Counting me? (Asmodeus) Why not? (Jericho)… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them. — Jodi Picoult
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy offers this definition of the word "Infinite". Infinite: Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much… — Douglas Adams
County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell it and I'm… — Bill Watterson
The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition. — Christopher Hitchens
But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined… — Jodi Picoult
There is always a choice." "You mean I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see I believe in freedom.… — Terry Pratchett
Beauty is the enemy . We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It's a battle that can't be won. There's no definition… — Miley Cyrus
Everybody knows there is no such thing as normal. There is no black-and-white definition of normal. Normal is subjective. There's only a messy, inconsistent, silly,… — Tori Spelling
Her definition of romance was absentminded intimacy, the way someone else's hand stray to your plate of food. I replied: no, that's just friendship; romance… — Kamila Shamsie
By unnerving definition, anything that the heart has chosen for its own mysterious reasons it can always unchoose later—again, for its own mysterious reasons. — Elizabeth Gilbert
It's not easy having a good marriage--but I don't want easy. Easy doesn't make you grow. Easy doesn't make you think. I thank God everyday… — Madonna Ciccone
There can be no stronger proof of the impoverishment of our contemporary culture than the popular - though profoundly mistaken - definition of myth as… — Rollo May
How come all the harmless people were so lame? Maybe that was the definition of safe. — Richelle Mead
Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted — Abraham Verghese

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