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The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers.
The smell of subjectivity clings to the mechanical definition of complexity as stubbornly as it sticks to the definition of information.
Everything that I do has a certain mechanical logic to it, and follows my definition of design--which is function with cultural content.
I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tendency to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.
No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman - the powers of a first-rate man and the creed of a second-rate man.
Love can't be pinned down by a definition, and it certainly can't be proved, any more than anything else important in life can be proved.
When confronted with a clear definition of what it is to be Mexican, we encounter ourselves in a never ending allegory of mixes and chaos.
Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth.
What's the best way to get a good spouse? The best single way is to deserve a good spouse because a good spouse is by definition not nuts.
Plainly elites in America don't want democracy. And why should they? Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.
Schooling, by definition, must be conservative. It is naturally dependent on an older generation’s level of knowledge and sense of values.
My definition of genius is not being that person the actual human is a genius, but it's a person that just allows God to work through them.
The definition of swagger, in my opinion, is you have to have that arrogance, that confidence that you are the best out there at all times.
I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the god of love, the great 'I am' energy.
That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is not present.
Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.
If you don't like your definition of 'good enough', then feel free to change that, but the goal before shipping is merely that. Not perfect.
Either well succeed, or we wont succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence.
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then liberalism is a form of insanity.
I have never turned a trick in my life, and I just resent the American definitions of ’sex slave’ and ’prostitute’ so much. I was a mistress!
Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition attached to everything.
My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.
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.
All economic activity is by definition "high risk." And defending yesterday--that is, not innovating--is far more risky than making tomorrow.
You want to know my definition of gun control? Being able to stand there at 25 meters and put two rounds in the same hole. That's gun control.
I'm unclear on the definition of person the courts have been using. Something that sieves out dolphins but lets corporations slide on through.
My favorite definition of the mindful path is the one the reveals itself as you walk down it. You cannot find the path until you step on to it.
The definition of leadership is that you have to find great people and ask them to do extraordinary things. I've been doing that my whole life.
These pages are not my confession; they’re my definition. And I feel, as I begin to write it, that I can write it with some semblance of truth.
As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.
Success has a very narrow definition in professional athletics: medals and records, and pursuit of anything outside of that is looked down upon.
I am bound by my own definition of criticism : a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.
In neither his definition nor the examples illustrating what memes are does Dawkins mention anything that would distinguish memes from concepts.
I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.
We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie.
Ye cannot know eternal reality by a definition. Time itself, and all the acts and events that fill time are the definition, and it must be lived.
To totalitarianism, an opponent is by definition subversive; democracy treats subversives as mere opponents for fear of betraying its principles.
Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends.
Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.
Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary.
I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational.
For me the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that’s what separates us from other countries.
The Mysterious Pass, which opens beyond space and time, is inconceivable by means of discursive thought and has, by definition, no fixed position.
You cannot define electricity. The same can be said of art. It is a kind of inner current in a human being, or something which needs no definition.
Do not ask the definition of a friend. He/She is that one without whose company death and dying set in earlier and living is made more pleasurable.
But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again?
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.
I define a diva as a woman who possesses courage, beauty, style, and confidence. Based on that definitions, I've probably got a bit more work to do.
I turned to the Times crossword puzzle and asked Kate, “What’s the definition of a moderate Arab?” “I don’t know.” “A guy who ran out of ammunition.