Quotes by Definitions Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. Henry A. Kissinger aphrodisiac definitions power No religion ever appeared in the world whose natural tendency was so much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind. It makes right reason a law in every possible definition of the word. And therefore, even supposing it to have been purely a human invention, it had been the most amiable and the most useful invention that was ever imposed on mankind for their good. Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke definitions law world A society in stable equilibrium is-by definition-one that has no history and wants no historians. Henry Adams definitions want history It is a trite but true definition that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts. Henry Fielding definitions example mind I am not concerned with dodging the odium of the word. The proposed definition of democracy is socialistic . . . (democracy) should be characterized not so much socialistic, as unscrupulously and loyally nationalistic. Herbert Croly definitions democracy should One-dimensional thought is systematically promoted by the makers of politics and their purveyors of mass information. Their universe of discourse is populated by self-validating hypotheses which, incessantly and monopolistically repeated, become hyponotic definitions of dictations. Herbert Marcuse information definitions self We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring a quantity is the one sure way of avoiding talking nonsense. Hermann Bondi definitions talking way Young people refuse the notion that financialization defines the only acceptable definition of exchange, one that is based exclusively on the reductionist notion of buying and selling. Henry Giroux definitions buying people I seemed to be leading a very incongruous life from the point of view of the definition of the community I was in. Frederick Lenz definitions community views You have to have the definition of what you're trying to do across the system. Hosain Rahman hardware definitions trying Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable. Hugh Dancy fluffy shirts definitions The definition of being good is being able to make it look easy. Hugh Jackman definitions able looks Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. Hillary Clinton definitions different self 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. Frederick Lenz definitions spiritual philosophy Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours. Ichiro Suzuki arbitrary definitions success Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits. Hillary Clinton definitions limits thinking The association of motorcycles with LSD is no accident of publicity. They are both a means to an end, to the place of definitions. Hunter S. Thompson motorcycle definitions mean By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it. Isabelle Huppert definitions lines acting The goal of a definition is to introduce a mathematical object. The goal of a theorem is to state some of its properties, or interrelations between various objects. The goal of a proof is to make such a statement convincing by presenting a reasoning subdivided into small steps each of which is justified as an "elementary" convincing argument. IU?. I. Manin definitions goal steps Amid the welter of vague political abstractions ... where meanings shift so quickly and so subtly, not only following changes of thought, but often manipulated artificially by political practitioners so as to obscure, expand, or distort ... a certain broad consistency in its relations to other kindred terms is the nearest approach to definition which such a term as Imperialism admits. Nationalism, internationalism, colonialism, its three closest congeners, are equally elusive, equally shifty, and the changeful overlapping of all four demands the closest vigilance. J. Allan Hobson consistency definitions political «1112131415161718192021»
