Quotes by Definitions If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone. Arthur C. Brooks fairness definitions thinking My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'. Arthur C. Clarke my-favorite definitions intellectual The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million. Arthur Koestler multitudes individuality definitions I'm not comfortable with categories, and I distrust most definitions. The word 'definition' is based on the word 'finite,' which would seem to indicate that once we've defined something, we don't need to think about it anymore. Artie Shaw definitions needs thinking The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before. Asa Gray definitions ordinary animal There is not one standard definition of beauty or one perfect size. Ashley Graham size definitions perfect To say that a man is sinful because he sins is to give an operational definition of sin. To say that he sins because he is sinful is to trace his behavior to a supposed inner trait. But whether or not a person engages in the kind of behavior called sinful depends upon circumstances which are not mentioned in either question. The sin assigned as an inner possession (the sin a person "knows") is to be found in a history of reinforcement. B. F. Skinner definitions giving men Miracles are manifestations for which science has no definition, no analysis. B. J. Palmer analysis definitions miracle The definition of love is giving. Bai Ling definitions love giving There are problems that just end up being really hard and by definition the only problems that come to my desk are the ones that nobody else can solve. Barack Obama being-real definitions problem Having been brought up with a definition of faith as adherence to a set of beliefs, I have more and more begun to turn instead toward a definition of faith as openness to truth, whatever truth may turn out to be. Barbara Brown Taylor adherence definitions may progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable. Barbra Streisand inevitable progress definitions By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around. Barry Sonnenfeld figure-skating definitions firsts Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition. Bell Hooks how-to-love definitions would-be The world would be a paradise of peace and justice if global citizens shared a common definition of love which would guide our thoughts and action. Bell Hooks definitions would-be justice Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse. Bell Hooks definition-of-love abuse definitions We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination. Ben Okri destination definitions Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions. Benjamin Peirce definitions math science This, then, is the Anarchistic definition of government: the subjection of the non-invasive individual to an external will. Benjamin Tucker anarchy definitions government An Anarchist is anyone who denies the necessity and legitimacy of government; the question of his methods of attacking it is foreign to the definition. Benjamin Tucker anarchy definitions government «1234567891011»
