“ The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million. ”
- Arthur Koestler- Copy
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“ A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher. ”
- Sandy Koufax- Copy
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“ The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation. ”
- Dale Carnegie- Copy
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“ If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can't understand it with an explanation. ”
- Haruki Murakami- Copy
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“ Explaining metaphysics to the nation - / I wish he would explain his explanation. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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“ Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and the theories. ”
- Ludwig von Mises- Copy
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“ I wasn't taken by this definition, but I think his relevance to this situation depends upon the implementation of these declarations and that we should wait and see. ”
- Shimon Peres- Copy
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“ Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue. ”
- Benjamin Haydon- Copy
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“ We really have no definition of mother in our law books. Mother was believed to have been so basic that no definition was deemed necessary. ”
- Marianne O. Battani- Copy
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“ One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition. ”
- Alvin Toffler- Copy
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“ By speaking, by thinking, we undertake to clarify things. That forces us to exacerbate them, dislocate them, schematize them. Every concept is in itself an exaggeration. ”
- Jose Ortega y Gasset- Copy
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“ It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It is the business of Art to give things shape. Anyone who takes no delight in the firm outline of an object, or in its essential character, has no artistic sense… ”
- Vance Palmer- Copy
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“ The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have to take to pieces an entire universe. A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble. ”
- Remy de Gourmont- Copy
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“ A definition is nothing else but an explication of the meaning of a word, by words whose meaning is already known. Hence it is evident that every word cannot be defined; for the definition must consist of words; and there could be no definition, if there were not words previously understood without definition. ”
- Thomas Reid- Copy
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“ Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ”
- Gore Vidal- Copy
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“ My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car. ”
- Larry Hagman- Copy
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“ The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously; and those who have produced immortal works, have done so without knowing how or why. The greatest power operates unseen. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude. ”
- Sir Philip Sidney- Copy
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“ I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry. ”
- Randall Jarrell- Copy
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“ A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. ”
- Phillips Brooks- Copy
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“ By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. ”
- Albert Camus- Copy
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“ The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal. ”
- Peter Brimelow- Copy
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“ The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. ”
- Alfred North Whitehead- Copy
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“ Just definitions either prevent or put an end to a dispute. ”
- Nathaniel Emmons- Copy
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“ It is obvious that 'obscenity' is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the Courts, it means 'anything that shocks the magistrate.'. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis. ”
- Martha Beck- Copy
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