Definition Quotes

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Our lives are about development, mutation and the possibility of change; that is almost a definition of what life is: change... If you disable change,… — Iain Banks
Devotion is diligence without assurance. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be by definition faith. Faith is walking face-first and full speed into the dark. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid. (Indeed one cannot refuse to suppose that, if only from the one consideration, that, if man… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can… — Steig Larsson
Family was even a bigger word than I imagined, wide and without limitations, if you allowed it, defying easy definition. You had family that was… — Deb Caletti
If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have… — Stephen Levine
By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death… — Irvine Welsh
And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the… — Terry Pratchett
In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I turned to the Times crossword puzzle and asked Kate, “What’s the definition of a moderate Arab?” “I don’t know.” “A guy who ran out… — Nelson DeMille
I am not too happy with terms like “the left”, to be honest. And I don’t use it much….if by “the left” you mean people… — Noam Chomsky
I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence. — Lee Child
One dictionary defines denouement as "a final part in which everything is made clear and no questions or surprises remain." By that definition, it is… — Pseudonymous Bosch
We could say that the human race is a great coauthorship in which we are collaborating with God and nature in the making of ourselves… — Wendell Berry
The monstrous act by definition demands a monster. — Rick Yancey
Would you like to hear a nice definition of jealousy? It's the feeling that you get when someone you absolutely detest is having a wonderful… — William Peter Blatty
When her muzzle grew more white than brown, the chipmunk forgot that she and the squirrel had had nothing to talk about. She forgot the… — David Sedaris
The only education in grief that any of us ever gets is a crash course. Until Caroline had died I had belonged to that other… — Gail Caldwell
This is the definition of happiness: a whole day stretching out ahead of me, beautiful in its emptiness and simplicity. — Tabitha Suzuma
There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure… — Victor Hugo
Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that… — Francis Chan
Irony, perfect definition: that for which I want to possess it, I would no longer want once I possessed it. — Karen Marie Moning
Real friends are hard to come by, and as annoying as Henry is, he'd throw himself in front of dragon's fire for you." "And that's… — Alexandra Bracken
A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may… — Albert Camus
My new 9mm didn’t fit my hand as well as my old one, but it was rapidly becoming a familiar weight. At first I’d decided… — Karen Chance

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