“Community is another such phenomenon. Like electricity, it is profoundly lawful. Yet there remains something about it that is inherently mysterious, miraculous, unfathomable. Thus there is no adequate one-sentence definition of genuine community. Community is something more than the sum of its parts, its individual members. What is this "something more?" Even to begin to answer that, we enter a realm that is not so much abstract as almost mystical. It is a realm where words are never fully suitable and language itself falls short.” FallIndividualLanguageCommunityAnswersMembersRemainsDefinitionsSentencesGenuineMysteriousRealmsAbstractPhenomenonElectricityMysticalAdequateMiraculousSuitableUnfathomableOne Sentence Book:The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace Source: The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace
“I always say people would rather be nice than right. I like to be nice too, but come on. People frequently ask me, what is my definition of politically correct. My answer is always the same: the elevation of sensitivity over truth. People would rather be nice than right, rather be sensitive than true. Well, being nice and sensitive are important, but they're not more important than being right; they're not more important than the truth.” PeopleWellsImportantAsksAnswersNiceDefinitionsWell BeingAsk MeSensitiveBeing NiceSensitivityPolitically CorrectElevation Author:Bill Maher
“Conclusions are based in time. We live in time. So any definition of success is bound up with time. With other things you can say, "Can I yo-yo? Can I juggle?" Usually you have a pretty small window in which to get your answer. Stand-up is different. You can't do stand-up for one night and say, "Am I a funny stand-up comedian?" In two months or two years you'll start to realize it.” YearsTwoDifferentNightRealizingAnswersMonthsWindowBoundsDefinitionsConclusionComedianTwo YearsOne NightTwo MonthsDefinition Of SuccessStand Up Comedian Author:Demetri Martin
“I don't know what the definition of a short story is, and I don't even care to answer that question. That's something somebody in academia would think about. I just want to tell a story, and if people listen, and if it stays with you, it's a story.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantStoriesCareAnswersDefinitionsShort StoryAcademia Author:Sandra Cisneros
“The brightest minds in our field have been trying to find a definition of science fiction for these past seventy years. The short answer is, science fiction stories are given as possible, not necessarily here and now, but somewhere, sometime.” TryingYearsMindHas BeensStoriesPastGivenAnswersFictionFieldsScience FictionDefinitionsSeventiesHere And NowFiction Stories Book:Scatterbrain Source: Scatterbrain