Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness.
My mother was in the kind of late-sixties, early-seventies origins of female emancipation. And she was very much like, "You're not going to be defined by how you look. It's going to be about who you are and what you do. "
Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This is the biggest transformation in the structure of how humans work together since the Agricultural Revolution.
I have always defined political correctness as an elevation of sensitivity over truth.
Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law's empire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process.
Minimalism is not defined by what is not there but by the rightness of what is and the richness with which this is experienced.
What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by what you wished for or whom you’ve lost, but instead by the moments you spend getting from each of these places to the next?
I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story.
Democracy is now currently defined in Europe as a 'country run by Jews,'
Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers, and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they would be even more surprised to encounter a species defined as a thinking animal if, in fact, the creature very rarely indulged in actual thinking.
I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am. I'm so much more than tennis.
Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped.
I'm not defined by what people think of me. My happiness comes from within.
Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times.
Who you are should not be defined by your achievements.
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a low-probability, high-impact event like this. . . If there’s a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.
I want India to come into her own and that state cannot be better defined by any single word than Swaraj.
Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.
Good rock 'n' roll is something that makes you feel alive. It's something that's human, and I think that most music today isn't. . . . To me good rock 'n' roll also encompasses other things, like Hank Williams and Charlie Mingus and a lot of things that aren't strictly defined as rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, it's not a musical form of a strict sort. It's a way of doing things, of approaching things. Writing can be rock 'n' roll, or a movie can be rock 'n' roll. It's a way of living your life.