To conclude, The Light of humane minds is Perspicuous Words, but by exact definitions first snuffed, and purged from ambiguity; Reason is the pace; Encrease of Science, the way; and the Benefit of man-kind, the end.
Our definition of a weakness is anything that gets in the way of excellent performance.
My whole effort is to help you to disappear. My whole effort is to help you to be so empty: anatta - non-being. Because if you are, you will remain in trouble. If you are, you will remain limited. If you are, there will be a definition to your being - and you will never be overflowing. Only emptiness can be overflowing, only emptiness can be at ease. Only emptiness can be life abundant. To be, the way passes through non-being. If you really want to be, you will have to drop all concepts of your being. You will have to disappear, by and by. You will have to melt into nothingness.
Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth.
And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed
Somebody who is unique - and this will get me into trouble - by definition cannot be replaced.
My Design in this Book is not to explain the Properties of Light by Hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by Reason and Experiments: In order to which, I shall premise the following Definitions and Axioms.
There is no such thing as real happiness in life. The justest definition that was ever given of it was "a tranquil acquiescence under an agreeable delusion"--I forget where.
Definition is the death of discovery.
My definition of success: When your core values and self-concept are in harmony with your daily actions and behaviors.
I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that no meant no, but that's it.
If you don't like your definition of 'good enough', then feel free to change that, but the goal before shipping is merely that. Not perfect.
To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.
I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues far beyond the pale of the accepted definitions of keyboard competence. Whether on piano or organ, when you hear Bruce Katz you know it's him, unmistakably and uniquely.
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".
Audiences looking for a rich, textured, cinematic experience will be put off and disconcerted by an image that looks more like an advanced version of high definition television than a traditional movie.
I don't deal with fools terribly lightly, and I think under any definition the man's a fool.
Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.
One right and honest definition of business is mutual helpfulness.