450 Quotes About Definitions

Though words are arbitrary in their primitive institution, yet when once their signification is fixed, we are no more entitled to alter it than to call a tree an elephant; for, being no man's private possession, but the common measures of commerce and communication, it is not for any one at pleasure to change the stamp they are current in; at least where there is a necessity to do so, notice of it should be given.

The definition of an aphorism is just another aphorism.

Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can’t reason without them.

The definition of the word, if correct, opens the door to solving any related problems.

Definitions create conditions.

She was convinced a word existed, a noun, that meant the loss of feelings for someone who was formerly loved—a word for the act of falling out of love. I said I couldn't think of it. It wasn't in the dictionary either, not the one she wanted.

i done forgot all abt wordsaint got no definitions

The definition of a philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat, which isn’t really there. And the definition of a theologian is he’s somebody who finds it.

There is only one Truth......but many definitions.