450 Quotes About Definitions

burro, burrow: A /burro/ is an ass. A /burrow/ is a hole in the ground. As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.

Echoing the work of Erich Fromm, he defines love as "the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

Sportsmanship" had been stretched too far. Like "relativity," it had migrated far afield from its original meaning. It used to refer to the kind of behavior that Lance Armstrong showed Jan Ullrich. But over time the term was stretched to include unimpressive, nonchivalrous behavior, like losing without whining too much or making it through an entire game without assaulting a referee.

Mal nommer les choses, jugeait Camus, c'est ajouter au malheur du monde. Ne pas nommer les choses, c'est nier notre humanité.

The definition of "definitions" is an infinite network of associations.

Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.

We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue.

1 is not prime, by definition. 2 is an unnatural prime, 4 is an unnatural prime, and 6 is an unnatural prime. All other natural primes cannot be unnatural primes.

If 'bounded by a surface' is the definition of body there cannot be an infinite body either intelligible or sensible.