Definitions Quotes

Everything that I do has a certain mechanical logic to it, and follows my definition of design--which is function with cultural content.

My favorite definition of success is that it is a state of mind combined with a state of readiness. You can have one and be a flop; if you have both, you'll win every time.

In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint.

Religion is an attempt, a noble attempt, to suggest in human terms more-than-human realities.

Maybe that, really, is as good a definition as any of an artist in the world: a ruthless person.

Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.

My definition of social justice: those who refuse to work deserve to go hungry.

I do emphasize that we cannot just get out of the Bible a definition of the soul.

Guilty as charged. We are very much supportive of the family - the biblical definition of the family unit.

Reflection on the infinite seems to call, almost by definition, for infinite reflection.

I looked up 'standard' in the dictionary. There are eleven different definitions.

The high-definition picture is still a perspective picture. That's the real problem, the perspective picture.

If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the initially painful and ultimately comforting process of finding it.

Everyone is motivated a little or a lot to do something or nothing. Motivation is the internalized drive toward the dominant thought of the moment. By definition, motivation is "motive in action."

Just letting it out is one of the definitions of bad art.

I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.

I'd like to expand the definition of the word 'success' to include 'failure' as the one seems inseparable from the other.

Heard someone say children are god's gift to the world. What world are you referring to? And what's your definition of gift?

The Silvertop and the Goldtop both had subtlety where it was needed but lots of definition as well. I liked the different voicings of the distortion/fuzz elements.

I guess everyone has their own definition of what folk is or pop or whatever. I find it incredibly hard to describe music these days.

I would add that I consider myself and how I do things as a kind of system which, by definition, I always follow.

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

I worry that we don't have a very good definition of consciousness yet which makes it hard to tackle.

The definition of a security state is one that prioritizes security over all other considerations.

For me, creativity includes problem-solving. That's the broad definition of it.

The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.

Honest change? Honest? Has someone altered the definition of the word while my back was turned, or have you recently developed a sense of humor?

By definition, I believe I am unapologetically optimistic and I am unapologetically earnest.

There isn't a formal definition of success.

In neither his definition nor the examples illustrating what memes are does Dawkins mention anything that would distinguish memes from concepts.

The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future.

I define a diva as a woman who possesses courage, beauty, style, and confidence. Based on that definitions, I've probably got a bit more work to do.

My definition of elegance is the achievement of a given functionality with a minimum of mechanism and a maximum of clarity.

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

I seemed to be leading a very incongruous life from the point of view of the definition of the community I was in.

To be fixated on Sahaja Samadhi is to be fixated. To be fixated on the idea of being not fixated is fixation too. All these ideas and definitions about enlightenment become silly.

It's not what you do that matters. It's not what you say. There's nothing that is not holy or spiritual. Be beyond definition, beyond categorization, be absorbed.

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 it has no definition.

There is no final stage in nirvana. Nirvana is beyond definition. It is not quantifiable.

We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie.

When confronted with a clear definition of what it is to be Mexican, we encounter ourselves in a never ending allegory of mixes and chaos.

I'm just thrilled and kind of honored that I still get the chance to do what I love, because that really is the definition of success.

For me the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that’s what separates us from other countries.

That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

Every championship, by definition, is historic.

Either well succeed, or we wont succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence.

We still lack a global definition of terrorism.

Coincidence is a spiritual pun.

...a figure of speech can often get into a crack too small for a definition.

I suppose the word "unbearable" is a lie by definition. Unless you kill yourself immediately after using it.