definition quotes

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.

The Bible is clear – God’s definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.

If we go on your iPhone and go to the dictionary and look up ‚humble,‘ 80 per cent of the definition is negative. It’s a controlling word. It’s a way to control the masses and to control the sheep.

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

It’s not easy to define poetry.

Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack.

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.

Simplicity is a key to avoiding complication. Part of the definition of simplicity is ‚not complex or complicated; sincere.‘

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what’s evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We’re less sure about what is good. There’s sort of good, good enough, could be better – but absolute good is a little harder to define.

Power is a complicated word and can take many forms.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

I think the definition of a book is changing.

Punk is musical freedom. It’s saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster’s terms, ‚nirvana‘ means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that’s pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Evil is whatever distracts.

The universe is very large, and its boundaries are not known very well, but it is still possible to define some kind of a radius to be associated with it.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.