Defined Quotes

I've never felt the need to be defined by a man.

I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.

The base that Donald Trump is speaking to are not that conservative, at least not the way conservatives have defined themselves.

B.B. King will be remembered for his impressive skills on the guitar, that King defined the blue genre.

Humans aren't defined by death, and they're not defined by what they lack. They're defined by their connections.

To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.

Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for nations.

A psychologically healthy person can, in fact, be defined as someone whose desires actually produce happiness.

Annis had never been a people person, unless ‘people person’ was defined as a person who ate people.

[The pioneers] woke up each morning with clearly defined purposes and goals that everyone understood: to serve God.

Superstition has been defined as the use of a form whose significance has been forgotten.

Liars are experts in chopping logic and missing the truth slightly - 'Did God say not to eat from any tree?' In order to pin a liar down, words must be defined in the most careful manner available.

And in not learning the rules, I was free. I always say, you're either defined by the medium or you redefine the medium in terms of your needs.

Your denomination is not defined by a style. So don’t let style become a point of contention.

Our world is defined by the pace of change. We can all change the world.

A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.

Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times.

for my own purpose, I defined the art of fiction as experience illuminated.

Spiritually, we're all on a path. I haven't declared of defined myself because as soon as you declare yourself you're identifying with a certain dogma.

We're far more defined by our mistakes than the things that we succeed at.

Israel defined its God and its relation to that God in existential, relational terms. They did not, until quite late, approach the question of one God in an abstract philosophical way.

The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work,the writer provides food for the prince.

Drinking alcohol takes you into a lower state of mind. If you drink a lot of it, things get very fuzzy and they are not very sharp or defined. This brings you into a lower state of attention.

You'll find that you will be able to reorder the island of your tonal so that it's in good shape - logical, orderly, neat, and well-defined.

There is no point in being a responsible member of society, nor is there any point in being an irresponsible member of society. Both are very defined descriptions of selfhood

A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition.

I don't like my books being defined by their "about"-ness. So now the subtitle has just become a kind of strap-line on the cover.

The bond between mothers and their children is one defined by love. As a mother's prayers for her children are unending, so are the wisdom, grace, and strength they provide to their children.

Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind.

We are defined by how we use our power.

The thing that cannot be defined is the first thing; the primary fact.

Medicine may be defined as the art or the science of keeping a patient quiet with frivolous reasons for his illness and amusing him with remedies good or bad until nature kills him or cures him.

...you are defined by how you live your life, not whom you live it with, and certainly not by what you gave up to be with that person.

Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.

The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled.

I have defined Ladies as people who did not do things themselves.

Mark Twain cannot be defined.

I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?

Most problems precisely defined are already partially solved.

Rousseau defined civilizations as when people build fences.

Heaven might be defined as the place which men avoid.

Young people refuse to be defined exclusively as consumers rather than as workers, and they reject the notion that the only interests that matter are monetary.

Elie Wiesel has for years served as the moral compass of the civilized world. For many of us, including me, he has defined the Holocaust.

Life is about opportunities, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. That's what defined me. That was my bliss.

What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that.

Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.

...you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them.

The only thing I want to be defined by is my music and personality.

Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by its highest achievement. We have to turn that around.

I'm not defined by what people think of me. My happiness comes from within.