#definition

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. ↗

— Walter Pater

#beautiful #beauty #being #certain #correct

Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bureaucrats #congressmen #definition #engineering #federal

I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis. Our families are in crisis. And I think the African-American family is at one of the worst stages it's been at in a very long time in this country. Fatherlessness is rampant. ↗

— Leah Ward Sears

#american family #been #country #crisis #definition

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#be original #definition #figure #first #first time

If you keep saying two plus two equals five over and over again, then that is what people are going to think. Maybe it does equal five if we keep changing the definition of what's normal and what's right and what's wrong. ↗

— Kevin Sorbo

#changing #definition #does #equal #equals

By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal. ↗

— George Tenet

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If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan. ↗

— Elgin Baylor

#dictionary #greatness #jordan #look #michael

Avant-garde is French for bullshit ↗

— John Lennon

#definitions #art

Your best friend is the person who not only knows all the important stories and events in your life, but has lived through them with you. Your best friend isn't the person you call when you are in jail; mostly likely, she is sitting in the cell beside you. ↗

— Irene S. Levine

#best-friends-books #definition #friendship #friendship

To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little. ↗

— Criss Jami

#courage #courageous #crazy #death #definition