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.
Since the late 19th century, the median age of first marriage for women had fluctuated between 20 and 22. This had been the shape, pattern and definition of female life.
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you’d knew Michael, you would know he didn’t agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn’t agree to the point of definition with many things.
My definition of the blues is the naked cry of the human heart longing to be in union with God.
I’m convinced that there’s a new way to define capitalism, and that the definition should include three ingredients – that we love our work, that we are building a traditionally successful business, and that we are having some positive impact in the world, whether it’s local or global.
If you look up the definition of stand-up comedy, it’s funny on purpose. A little bit of pressure there. It’s basically acting. You’re telling stories and acting them out for people. The more you make it seem real, really a person doing it, then it seems to me the better it works.
Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.
It’s said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. In that case, the WWE ‘creative’ team must be as crazy as a rainbow trout in a car wash.
I am fully a feminist in this modern definition of the term. It’s innate in my work because that’s just who I am.
Everyone has a different definition of what they find sexy, so why do we so often get given one version of what sexy is time and time again?
Architecture, by definition, is always standing still.
My definition of modernism took a while to develop.
My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
‘Fade To Black’ – just this amazing construct: a song that defied the definition of what Metallica was perceived to be at the time.
We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.
A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
By definition, a Special Counsel is charged with investigating particular potential crimes, not all potential crimes wherever they may be found.
A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
The definition of success is that the company doesn’t miss a beat. Do I love what I do? Oh yeah – I love it more than ever. You’ve got to have that energy level 24/7. But you’ve also got to make sure the transition is smooth. Being realistic, most high-tech companies haven’t done that well.
That’s the very definition of freedom: to be allowed to develop our own creative potential to the fullest. But it doesn’t have to be in the arts, obviously. In my case, I gravitated toward the arts.
Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they’re probably worshiping the same god.
My definition of a good hotel is a place I’d stay at.
I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.
Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the challenges that must be overcome. Those challenges are in government, politics, world leadership, and even in community life.
But Hezbollah now has reared its ugly head in a way that threatens the entire free world. And they want, by their own charter and definition, the destruction of Israel and Christians. That is the truth. That is in their charter.
I think we just have to be mindful of what that definition of an American dream is. I think we are faced with a lot of definitions of that that are, frankly, unhealthy.
You had a generation of women, of which I’m part, where it was a stigma to be associated with feminism; there was a backlash. Now you have a generation that is clearly embracing feminism because, at the end of the day, the definition of feminism is just equality.
Everyone’s definition of healthy (and delicious) is different.
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, right? I always figure that as you experience life and things, you usually learn and pick up on things that you can do better. That’s how I look at my career over time.
The very definition of ‘blackness’ is as broad as that of ‘whiteness,’ yet we’re seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited definition.
If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.
Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I’ve had them, I realize you almost lie to them by definition, because if you’re trying to summarize something for your 1-year-old, you put it in very simple terms. You only gradually complicate the explanation as they get older.
My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you’re most ashamed of.
I’m the true definition of a workaholic.
My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore.
We are proud of our ridiculousness. That’s what made our Surrealism. Proud and ashamed of everything at the same time. I think that’s my definition of Belgium.
‘Vietnam Veedu’ is nothing if you compare Nagesh’s other works. He is the definition of humor in India.
I don’t think there’s any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.
With the advent of computing, human invention crossed a threshold into a world different from everything that came before. The computer is the universal machine almost by definition, machine-of-all-trades, capable of accomplishing or simulating just about any task that can be logically defined.
Well, when I was a kid, if my father was witnessing something that he thought was particularly outrageous or he was looking at some sort of a question that he thought lacked proper definition, he would say, Well, at least Jesse James had the honor to wear a mask.
When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he’s just really cool.
The speed at which cinema is changing, the definition of hero is also changing. Even a big superstar like Aamir sir plays the role of a father. There’s action genre, where you have to show body and do stunts, so you may call that a hero.
I’ve never been an oligarch. The definition of an oligarch is someone who has co-operated with the government, and I never did.
My definition of cool is finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you or from what you might read from magazines or see on TV.
Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again.
That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.
By definition, comfort foods are rich and creamy or evocative of childhood pleasures.
Some white people are privileged, some aren’t. Some black people are, some aren’t. It’s strikes me as, by definition, a racist attack in that it’s making a generalization – a negative one – based on skin color.
I love the light-brown shadow I made with Colourpop. It’s a nice matte and neutral color that gives a bit of definition on the lids.
If Ripple as a company went away, XRP would continue to trade. To me, that’s the definition of decentralization.
Most salespeople would like to think of themselves as being rock stars, but they don’t display the talent to match their definition.
Probably some of the most miserable years of my life were grappling with some definition of what success was.
The definition of an artist, for me, is someone who is quite selfish about their creativity.
I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it’s the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part.
I go to this gym in Hollywood: it’s a Cross Fit gym. It’s basically just a really high intensity, sort of, athletic movements. I’m sure Cross Fit is going to be mad at me for not giving their definition of what Cross Fit is.
