Definition Quotes
“No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'devoted and obedient'. This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman
Florence Nightingale
Innovation by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires 'courageous patience'.
Warren Bennis
The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print.
Daniel Starch
If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.
Christopher Hampton
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
Gore Vidal
Our lifestyle, our wildlife, our land and our water remain critical to our definition of Wyoming and to our economic future.
Dave Freudenthal
Let me give you the definition of ethics: it is good to maintain life and to further life. It is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound and universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion.
Albert Schweitzer
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
Albert Schweitzer
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry
Randall Jarrell
The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Adlai E. Stevenson
It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
G. H. Hardy
Definition of worry: duress rehearsal.
Unknown
Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic dictum and its heretical definition of the freedom of art. For if art is freedom of the spirit, how can it exist within the oppressors?
Edith Wharton
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
John F. Kennedy
