Definitions Quotes

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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
People from different cultures have different definitions for beauty. Isn't that sad to judge others with our standards... rather than appreciate them? — Unknown Author
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
Mathematics is entirely free in its development, and its concepts are only linked by the necessity of being consistent, and are co-ordinated with concepts introduced… — Georg Cantor
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
The errors of definitions multiply themselves according as the reckoning proceeds; and lead men into absurdities, which at last they see but cannot avoid, without… — Thomas Hobbes
Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical… — Edward H. Levi
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
My definition of utter waste is a coachload of lawyers going over a cliff, with three empty seats. — Lamar Hunt
We've all received our share of good fortune, so that's my definition of much. A single blessing is all the bounty in the world, and… — Denzel Washington
Extroverts want us to have fun, because they assume we want what they want. And sometimes we do. But "fun" itself is a "bright" word,… — Laurie Helgoe
It would be an instructive exercise for the skeptical reader to try to frame a definition of taxation which does not also include theft. Like… — Murray Rothbard
We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions. — Yitzhak Rabin
The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place. — James Madison

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