Definitions Quotes

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My definition of a good hotel is a place I'd stay at. — Robert De Niro
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. — Chuck Norris
We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings. — Ben Okri
If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men… — George S. Patton
Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile… — Ron Paul
Twins are a high-risk pregnancy, by definition. The quieter I am, the longer I can keep them growing. — Jane Pauley
My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people. — James Cash Penney
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. — Laurence J. Peter
My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they… — Iggy Pop
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them. — Ezra Pound
Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life… — Dennis Prager
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
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. — Leo Rosten
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

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