Quotes About Definition

There is no perfect solution to the problem of writing about therapy patients. But not to do so strikes me as the riskiest choice at a time in our culture when the power to define madness, malingering, and suicide potential is being handed over to insurance company functionaries.

As we transform ourselves into creatures of the screen, we face an existential question: Does our essence still lie in what we know, or are we now content to be defined by what we want? If we don't grapple with that question ourselves, our gadgets will be happy to answer it for us.

One man commented that he and I seemed to have different definitions of gossip. He said, 'To you it seems to be discussion of personal details about people known to the conversationalists. To me, it's a discussion of the weaknesses, character flaws, and failures of third persons, so that the participants in the conversation can feel superior to them. This seems unworthy, hence gossip is bad.

Eu n-am avut identitate pân? când nu mi-ai dat tu una.

Erythropoietin is usually called a hormone, but technically it fits the definition of a cytokine because it is made on demand rather than stored in vesicles.

Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals.

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example?

For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.

Knowledge has come to be defined as what can be proven by secular evidence and arguments.

Femininity appears to be one of those pivotal qualities that is so important no one can define it.

Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

I am defining leadership in terms of the role, not the position.

Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the lamblike servant of the church.

A person's own definition of leadership defines the glittering crown of his leadership.

Influence is the key word in any definition of leadership.

The world does not need a better definition of issues, or better planning or project management. It needs the issues and the plans to have more of an impact, which is the promise of engagement.

This attitude [the abstract method in mathematics] can be encapsulated in the following slogan: a mathematical object is what it does.

In mathematics and science definition are simple, but bare-bones. Until you get to a problem which you understand it takes hundreds and hundreds of pages and years and years of learning.

The definition of hell in the legal system is: endless due process and no justice; (in the corporate world) it would be: endless due diligence and no horse sense.

A creator who no longer remembered the creation: Wasn't that the definition of a god?

We live in a world with a 17th century definition of jurisdiction, an 18th century model for the judiciary, a 19th century model for law enforcement, and a mountain of outdated 20th century styled regulations.

Love is large; love defies limits. People talk about the sanctity of love -- love is by definition sacred. Not some love between some people, but all love between all people.

Values aren't buses... They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are.

I think I hoped for something more. Maybe I even hoped that I could find in Richard what I had with Ben. But it is suddenly very clear: Richard is not fallin in love with me and I'm not falling in love with Richard. We are not creating anything permanent or special. We are only having fun together. It is a fling- a fling just like he said last night- a fling with an ending yet to be determined. I feel relieved to have it defined