Quotes About Definition

Kitsch and tourism are inseparable partners. Perhaps it is because, by definition, both are inauthentic.

What is a weed? I have heard it said that there are sixty definitions. For me, a weed is a plant out of place.

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

I'm still spending my working life trying to mine people's souls and now they're complimenting me in reviews on the amount of time I spend in the gym. On the definition of my triceps.

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

Finding the meaning of life is easy. Simply get a dictionary, go to the 'L' section, and find the word 'life.'

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

Life takes on the meaning that you give it.

It's hard to redefine something that never had a clear definition in the first place.

Also, it's hard to redefine something that never had a clear definition in the first place.

The most useful definition we have is that an epidemic is a severe local outbreak, while a pandemic is a global outbreak that makes people very sick, and spreads rapidly from a point of origin.

So it is with grief where, if all goes well, can come a strengthening of the inner world, of memory and definition.

the particular definition of 'merit' at a given moment expresses underlying power relations and tends, accordingly, to reflect the ideals of the groups that hold the power of cultural definition.

Why isn't every basic law a miracle by definition?

The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.

If it had a name, he says, what would that change, exactly? Would it be more acceptable to you? Would it be a thing people do? Would it have a category unto itself?

Does it, does it—I'm flailing here—does it have a name? What you've done? If it had a name, he says, what would that change, exactly? Would it be more acceptable to you? Would it be a thing people do? Would it have a category unto itself?

a name is almost always a sort of cowardice---an attempt to confine a thing to being only what it is, rather than what it may be.

The definition of marriage cannot be disputed. It's right there in black and white and it's been the same since the start of Wikipedia.

There is no such word as love. Just as there is no word for sorry.

We have defined holiness through what we separate ourselves from rather than what we give ourselves to. I am convinced the great tragedy is not the sins that we commit, but the life that we fail to live. You

When you ask people if they are monogamous, I suggest you ask them first what their definition of monogamy is.

Defining adultery is at once quite simple and quite complicated. Today, in the West, relationship ethics are no longer dictated by religious authority. The definition of infidelity no longer resides with the Pope, but with the people. This means more freedom, as well as more uncertainty. Couples must draw up their own terms.

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