Definitions Quotes

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For Americans I'll always be Israeli, and for Israelis I'll always be American. But I really have no need for definitions. — Hani Furstenberg
Although, of course, my definition of evil is not everybody else's. Evil is being involved in the glamour and charm of material existence, glamour in… — Kenneth Anger
The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back. No definition of… — George H. W. Bush
Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as… — Muhammad Yunus
Beauty, like all other qualities presented to human experience, is relative; and the definition of it becomes unmeaning and useless in proportion to its abstractness.… — Walter Pater
Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse. — Bell Hooks
What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of success? Only you… — Sheryl Sandberg
Just letting it out is one of the definitions of bad art. — Dennis Potter
And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African American… — Kurt Vonnegut
Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that they are not anti-vaccine; they’re pro-vaccine. They just want vaccines to be safer.… — Paul A. Offit
Each generation must assume the responsibility of securing their manhood, their womanhood, the definition of their being on earth that in the final analysis is… — John Henrik Clarke
What's the best way to get a good spouse? The best single way is to deserve a good spouse because a good spouse is by… — Charlie Munger
The definition of hell in the legal system is: endless due process and no justice; (in the corporate world) it would be: endless due diligence… — Charlie Munger
By definition startups usually do not turn a profit. — Kevin Harrington
I believe in a world where mothers are not expected to shed any physical evidence of their child-bearing experience. In that same world I believe… — Olivia Wilde
As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable. — Kerry Washington
Creeds are definitions of what it means to be a Christian. They are fences that, albeit imperfectly, seek to separate sheep from goats. — R. C. Sproul, Jr.
If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness. — C.S. Lewis
MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet. The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated… — Ambrose Bierce
Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation. — Dario Argento
Odd that we think definitions are definitive. — Larry Wall
As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be… — Larry Wall
We can't say that we believe in each other’s fundamental humanity and then turn a blind eye to the reality of each others existence and… — Kerry Washington
The definition of successful people is simply ordinary people with extraordinary determination. You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place stumbling blocks in… — Mary Kay Ash
By definition, as a Prime Minister I cannot be a liar. — Silvio Berlusconi

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