Quotes by Definitions Biography is history seen through the prism of a person. Louis Fischer prismsdefinitionsbiographies Since UFO stands for "unidentified flying object", the word ufology means approximately "knowledge about unknown flying objects", and is therefore a "science" whose content is void by definition. Similar considerations hold for parapsychology. Lucio Russo definitionsflyingmean In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist than something else. Ludovico Einaudi elegancedefinitionsmean Heredity is nothing but stored environment. Luther Burbank heredity-and-environmentancestrydefinitions What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms? Ludwig Wittgenstein gainsdefinitionsshould When you say fear of the unknown, that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and its genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because were not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe. M. Night Shyamalan woodsdefinitionssafe Any rule, not existing in the nature of things, or that is not permanent, universal and inflexible in its application, is no law, according to any correct definition of the term law. Lysander Spooner definitionstermlaw When I learned that there was such a thing as an atheist, I looked it up - and found out that the definition fitted me to a tee. Finally, at the age of 24, I found out who and what I was. Better late than never. Madalyn Murray O'Hair definitionsatheistage The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.' Madame de Stael definitionsgreekenthusiasm The definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you. Madonna Ciccone definitionshurtknows The point is that (little-t) truth is a matter of definition relative to the grid one is using at the moment, and that (capital-T) Truth, metaphysical reality, is irrelevant to grids entirely. Pick a grid, and through it some chaos appears ordered and some appears disordered. Pick another grid, and the same chaos will appear differently ordered and disordered. Reality is the original Rorschach. Verily! So much for all that. Malaclypse the Younger rorschachdefinitionsreality Love can't be pinned down by a definition, and it certainly can't be proved, any more than anything else important in life can be proved. Madeleine L'Engle definitionsimportant More than anything, the journal wanted. It wanted more than it could hold, more than words could describe, more than diagrams could illustrate. Longing burst from the pages, in every frantic line and every hectic sketch and every dark-printed definition. There was something pained and melancholy about it. Maggie Stiefvater definitionslinesdark Suggestion is generally better than Definition. There is a seeming dogmatism about Definition that is often repellent, while Suggestion, on the contrary, disarms suspicion and summons to co-operation and experiment. Definition provokes discussion. Suggestion provokes to love and good works. Defining is limiting. Suggestion is enlarging. Defining calls a halt; Suggestion calls for an advance. Defining involves the peril of contentment: "I am here, I rest." "Thus far," says Definition, and draws a map. "Westward," cries Suggestion, and builds a boat. Maltbie Davenport Babcock definingcontentmentdefinitions The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. Marc Bloch historiandefinitionsfacts You cannot define electricity. The same can be said of art. It is a kind of inner current in a human being, or something which needs no definition. Marcel Duchamp definitionsartneeds Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn. Marcus Aurelius definitionslife-isnight The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents. Margaret Halsey rodentsdefinitionsrace My definition of success? Being the kind of woman that I would want to have as a friend. Maria Shriver definitionskindwant There are innumerable definitions of God because his manifestations are innumerable. Mahatma Gandhi definitionssciencereligion«1920212223242526272829»
