Classification Quote by William Wilson Morgan

A classification is a definition comprising a system of definitions.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Every way of classifying a thing is but a way of handling it for some particular purpose.

— William James

The ends of scientific classification are best answered, when the objects are formed into groups respecting which a greater number of general propositions can…

— John Stuart Mill

“Classification, broadly defined, is the process of organizing knowledge into some systematic order. It has been considered the most fundamental activity of the human…

— Lois Mai Chan

Taxonomy (the science of classification) is often undervalued as a glorified form of filing-with each species in its folder, like a stamp in its…

— Stephen Jay Gould

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.

— Rick Moody

Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the fuzziness of boundaries,…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Classification may very well not be useless, but it is never analysis, no matter how baroquely detailed and comprehensive-seeming its categories. At best, it…

— China Miéville

I like to recede away from classifications. You might say that indicates a fundamental lack of commitment. I suppose that's true to some degree.

— Jordan Peterson

Not being categorized is like keeping your mouth shut. Categorization is linguistic, people trying to understand each other. Words are misty, language is a…

— Kalan Sherrard

“Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the fuzziness of boundaries,”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.

— Ansel Adams