450 Quotes About Definitions

Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues

My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.'

Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post Gothic mode.

In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint.

Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy offers this definition of the word "Infinite". Infinite: Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much bigger than that in fact, really amazingly immense, a totally stunning size, "wow, that's big", time. Infinity is just so big that by comparison, bigness itself looks really titchy. Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by staggeringly huge is the sort of concept we're trying to get across here.

Any definition which limits us is deplorable.

The definition of success is total preparation.

Every activity performed in public can attain an excellence never matched in privacy; for excellence, by definition, the presence of others is always required.