Quotes About Definition

I came out of a lower-middle-class background. At that time, everyone used to define themselves: Stalinist, Maoist, whatever. I thought they meant 'miaowist'. Seriously! Something to do with cats.

Sometimes we think roles define us. One can emerge beyond the confines of their roles to make an impact on society.

Life events will not define who you are. God says who you are.

Courage? Well, that's a difficult quality to define. If a man has never known fear can you call him courageous?

I'm finding my self worth. At 21, this is the very beginning, even though I feel so old. This is the time you figure out who you are, and don't let anyone define you.

I don't define drag. Drag is defined by me.

A 'competence' that has no defined borders cannot be called a true competence.

The market didn't define the music; the music defined the market.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

I think you're defined as a company by what you choose to do and what you choose not to do.

I believe marriages should be legally defined as between one man and one woman.

Media is a powerful thing, and you see it with so many actors, where one role that brings them a lot of attention is sort of how they get defined.

I am not defined as a black writer in the Caribbean, but as soon as I go to America or the U.K., my place becomes black theatre. It's a little ridiculous.

I'm interested in the lives of Americans for whom the ways this culture has tried to define itself - that is, self-esteem defined by material wealth - they have nothing to do with that.

I'm not much of a numbers guy, and yet that's the way I'm defined a lot.

Contemporary defenders of the Enlightenment shouldn't overgeneralize: the Enlightenment, however it is defined, is not an unalloyed good.

It's clear that I'm a winger. I've now defined that as my position.

I'm very open to being defined.

Even more than 'Swingers,' 'Go', for me, defines my career.

Our past absolutely defines everything we do in the present. We can't help it. We're made by the events of our past, so there's no escaping it.

How dull it is to have people defining you.

I don't doubt that straight white men have identity issues and identity complexes and struggle with defining themselves.

Sometimes, the actual feeling of loving someone takes a back seat because we are busy defining it.

Finding a way to make a difference is arguably far more defining than any collection I have brought to market.