#definition

There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure that they are atheists; it is with them only a question of definition, and in any case, if they do not believe in God, being great minds, they prove God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#definition #god #truth #atheist

Tact is just lying for adults. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#draco #draco-series #lie

Definition of a Writer: One who tells stories that demand to be told. ↗

— Ana Patrick

#inspirational #writers-on-writing #inspirational

COOL·NESS [KOOL-NIS] -noun CATCHING your mom gazing at the crazy crowd like she finally gets it WATCHING your dad head-banging like he’s Finn’s twin brother LEARNING that your new friends Tash and Kallie are a thousand times more complicated than you realized, and loving them for it FEELING every one of your boyfriend’s pounding drumbeats, and thinking it’s the most romantic music ever written REALIZING you’re completely unique . . . even in a crowd ↗

— Antony John

#definition #inspirational #piper #inspirational

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

— Dario Argento

#definition #emotion #fearful #horror #pure

The Biblical manuscripts are quite unequivocally clear on the issue of marriage and its definition. The law of the land may change, however the Holy Writ shall not." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#holy-writ #marriage #r-alan-woods #unnatural #change

The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give an equivalent reproduction. The real is not only what can be reproduced, but that which is always already reproduced. The hyper real. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#always #becomes #definition #equivalent #give

I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can parachute in with checks for $5 million or $10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I'm rejecting that premise. ↗

— Elizabeth Emken

#career politicians #checks #credible #definition #different

My definition of modernism took a while to develop. ↗

— Peter Gay

#develop #modernism #took #while

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women. ↗

— Christopher Hampton

#american women #capitalism #definition #give #had