“Whatever you want to call it, socialism, liberalism, this is who they are. They corrupt everything. Folks, their targets are the institutions and traditions that have given the world its morality, its virtue. The institutions and traditions which have defined freedom and liberty. That's what the left attacks.” WorldWantLeftGivenLibertyVirtueMoralityTraditionInstitutionsFolksSocialismDefinedLiberalismTargetFreedom And Liberty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When I do a film, the days before or the night before, I throw up. Sometimes it's just in my mouth and I swallow it back, but sometimes it's real. Whatever it is, it's hard. I don't do the first five or ten minutes of my character's appearance in a movie until the middle of the shooting schedule because I don't want him to be defined by my nervousness. So, we do the middle of the picture first.” WantFirstsRealSometimesHardCharacterFilmNightFiveMiddleMinutesTenMouthsAppearanceDefinedShootingSchedulesWant HimNervousness Author:Donald Sutherland
“Robert Nozick [a Havard philosopher, famous for his book "Anarchy, State and Utopia"] defined revenge as delivering the message that you know what someone has done, and it doesn't involve hurting them or doing anything to them beyond that. It's just delivering the message that their crime has been noted not just by its victims, because the victim might be dead, but by another who has a different moral view and will challenge the perpetrator's view.” KnowsHas BeensBookDifferentStatesDoneMightChallengesHurtViewsMoralCrimeMessagesVictimPhilosopherRevengeDefinedAnarchyUtopiaDeliveringPerpetrators Author:Errol Morris
“That is, you can have nothingness, absolute nothingness for maybe a tiny fraction of a second, if a second can be defined in that arena, but then it falls apart into a something and an anti-something. And that something is then what we call the universe. But can we really understand that or put rigorous mathematics or testable experiments against that? Not yet. So one of the big holy grail of physics is to understand why there is something rather than nothing.” IfsBigsFallUniverseHolyAbsolutesMathematicsPhysicsTinyExperimentsDefinedNothingnessArenaFalling ApartFractionsHoly Grail Author:Brian Greene
“When one child says to another, "I can do this, I bet you can't"; "My dad has a bigger car than yours"; or, "My dad is stronger than yours." Children identify with this or that, trying to build up a sense of self - a mentally defined sense of self.” TryingChildrenI CanSelfCan DoCarDadBiggerStrongerMy DadDefinedSense Of SelfI Can Do This Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Enlightened groups can exist, as long as the individuals' sense of identity is not derived from a mentally defined image of us.” LongIndividualGroupsIdentityDefinedEnlightened Author:Eckhart Tolle
“There isn't a clear goal in sight. Osama bin Laden's organization has spun out from him and is now probably independent of him. There will be others who will appear and reappear. This is why we need a much more precise, a much more defined, a much more patiently constructed campaign, as well as one that surveys not just the terrorists' presence but the root causes of terrorism, which are ascertainable.” NeedsWellsCausesGoalClearRootsOrganizationSightIndependentTerrorismCampaignsTerroristDefinedPreciseBin LadenSurveysOsama Bin LadenSpunRoot CauseClear Goals Author:Edward Said
“The base that Donald Trump is speaking to are not that conservative, at least not the way conservatives have defined themselves.” WayTrumpConservativeDefined Author:Chris Hayes
“I think that so many actors are defined by the first thing that people see them do, and there were people who simply couldn't accept the fact that I was doing something that they perceived as being a radical departure from Avenue Q.” PeopleThinkingFirstsFactsActorsAcceptingDefinedRadicalAvenuesDeparture Author:Stephanie D'Abruzzo
“You cannot let yourself be defined by the hopes that you will fulfill the darkest wishes of your opponents.” WishDefinedOpponents Author:Justin Trudeau
“Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction.” NicePerformancesReactionsDefinedBeing NiceVenues Author:Anna Meredith
“Most of the time I'm not really attracted to writing that's focused on filling and fighting it out within a well-defined container. I like work that gets out in the world and lets the world shape the poem.” WorldWritingWellsFightingShapesFocusedDefinedFillingContainers Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“I am far from an "old" person in human terms, however I've spent over half my life immersed in the punk rock and hardcore community. I am not wholly defined by that as a person, but it is something that has been part of me for a long time.” HumansPersonsLongHas BeensTermCommunityHalfRocksLong TimeDefinedPunkPunk RockHardcoreOld Person Author:Jacob Bannon
“Everyday that passes I am pulled from youth as how it has been defined by that culture into something else.” Has BeensCultureYouthEverydayDefined Author:Jacob Bannon
“They [politicians] have defined the war simply in terms of the detonation of explosives. When you look at the broader picture, America is mired in two wars that we're losing at the moment. We have a political environment that is as poisonous as anything I've seen, at least since the end of Vietnam.” LooksTwoWarEndsMomentsAmericaPoliticalTermEnvironmentPoliticianLosingDefinedVietnamExplosivesPoisonousPolitical Environment Author:Michael Scheuer
“There's a fashion, or maybe you could call it a necessity, in French cinema to make social films, which is to say films in which the characters are defined by their social context.” CharacterFilmSocialFashionDefinedCinemaFrench Cinema Author:Louis Garrel
“There's always that sense of because we're so racially defined, if you're trying to cross the boundaries you don't fit into any particular space.” IfsTryingSpaceParticularFitCrossesBoundariesDefined Author:Michael Emerson
“Feminism now seems to be defined as success is defined: as being as good at capitalism as men are. I feel very estranged from it.” MenFeelsSeemsFeminismCapitalismDefined Author:Jessa Crispin
“What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that.” WarEasyEnemyColdDefinedOrganizeCold War Author:Jeff Sharlet
“George W. Bush - who I'm sure that a lot of people, when I say this, will not be happy about it - but Bush had a determination, and had a very clearly defined set of principles. You knew exactly where he stood.” PeoplePrinciplesDeterminationDefined Author:Frank Luntz
“If you haven’t already clearly defined your values, you may find yourself making choices that conflict with what you want. If, for example, honesty is a big thing for you, but you hang out with liars, there’s a conflict. When your actions conflict with your values, you’ll end up unhappy, frustrated, and despondent. In fact, psychologists tell us that nothing creates more stress than when our actions and behaviors aren’t congruent with our values.” IfsWantMayEndsFactsBigsActionValuesChoicesHavensHonestyExampleConflictBehaviorStressWhat You WantUnhappyDefinedFinding YourselfLiarsHanging OutFrustratedBig ThingsOur ActionsPsychologistMaking ChoicesDespondent Author:Darren Hardy
“Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.” SoulCountryLanguageDefined Author:Quincy Jones
“I feel nowadays that both women and men are embracing their individuality rather than being defined by gender roles.” MenFeelsRolesMen And WomenIndividualityGenderDefinedGender Roles Author:Miranda Kerr
“It can sound trite if you just say citizens need to be educated for democracy to work, but for him it wasn't trite. It was really this strenuous challenge to citizens to use their moments of leisure, which he defined as time away from work, to collect the facts that were necessary for full democratic participation.” IfsNeedsMomentsFactsUseSoundChallengesDemocracyCitizensDemocraticEducatedDefinedLeisureParticipationTime Away Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“And he [Louis Brandeis] talks to his young acolyte, Horace Kallen, who wrote this beautiful book called Cultural Pluralism, and he comes to believe that by being better Jews, or better members of our ethnic group, we can be better Americans, because America is like an orchestra in which identity is defined by the diversity of perspectives that we bring to the table.” BelieveBookAmericaBeautifulYoungGroupsIdentityPerspectiveMembersDiversityTablesJewDefinedOrchestraPluralismEthnic GroupsLouis BrandeisBeautiful Books Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“The occupation of America (and Columbus's arrival quite clearly was an occupation, no one can deny that) meant that the entire history of the Native Americans was rendered invisible. The land could only be occupied if it was first defined as empty. So it was defined as a wilderness, even though it had been used by native people for millennia.” PeopleIfsFirstsAmericaUsedLandEmptyDenyInvisibleDefinedNativeWildernessOccupationNative AmericanArrivalsColumbus Author:Vandana Shiva
“I want to design for the working women. Okay well - it sounds like 90% of us are that. But really, we are more. We are working women who like to cook, to travel; we are a girlfriend, a writer. We are so much more than just being defined by the one job we have.” WantWellsJobsSoundDesignOkayDefinedCooksGirlfriendJust BeingWorking Women Author:Sarah Lafleur
“When we do go to combat, it should be with a defined mission and a plan for withdrawal.” ShouldPlansMissionsDefinedCombatWithdrawal Author:Joni Ernst
“Success for me is going beyond money and power, and measuring success based on a third metric - one founded on well-being, wisdom, our ability to wonder and to give back. Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over. Basically, success the way we've defined it is no longer sustainable.” WayGivingWellsTwoAbilityWonderBalanceThirdsDefinedWell BeingGiving BackMeasuringMetricsMeasure Of SuccessStoolsMoney And Power Author:Arianna Huffington
“Basically, success the way we've defined it is no longer sustainable. It's no longer sustainable for human beings or for societies.” WayHumansHuman BeingsDefined Author:Arianna Huffington
“While the president is to nominate that individual [to Supreme Court], we in the Senate must provide our advice and consent. This function is not well-defined. The Constitution does not set down a road map. It does not require hearings. In fact, it does not even require questioning on your understanding of the Constitution nor the role of the Supreme Court.” WellsDoeFactsIndividualUnderstandingPresidentRolesAdviceFunctionConstitutionCourtHearingSupremeDefinedMapsSenateQuestioningConsentSupreme CourtRoad Maps Author:Mike DeWine
“What is a change-maker? What has Hillary Clinton changed? It is filled with all the cliches that New Agers and leftists glom on to, like "common sense gun control legislation." But it never was defined.” CommonChangedGunFilledClintonCommon SenseDefinedMakersLegislationGun ControlNew AgeClicheLeftists Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We prefer to talk about 100% renewable instead of zero carbon. When you say zero carbon, you are not positively defined.” DefinedZeroCarbonPositively Author:William McDonough
“Our problems are solvable if they are clearly defined. To do so, we need to monitor our planetary life support systems the way doctors monitor a patient's vital signs and then use that information to protect ecosystem services as though our lives depend on it, because they do.” IfsWayNeedsUseProblemSupportOur LivesInformationDependsProtectDoctorsPatientDefinedEcosystemsSupport SystemsVital Signs Author:Edith Widder
“Life on our planet is defined by the health of our ocean.” PlanetsOceanDefinedOur Planet Author:Nainoa Thompson
“Since I come from a family of mental instability, and I have suffered depression myself, I knew that living in shame is senseless and painful, and that by talking about it, I have come to peace with it. The stigma behind people's suffering needs to end. We as a community need to embrace these disorders, try to understand them (if only just to talk about them) so that we can cease being defined by them.” PeopleIfsNeedsTryingEndsSufferingCommunityBehindsTalkingShameEmbracePainfulCeaseDefinedDisorderStigmaInstability Author:Mariel Hemingway
“I think there is having a behavior that is disrespectful to women that goes unchecked, where your manhood is defined by sexual conquests, where you trade stories with your friends and no one checks anyone. At 19, that was normal.” ThinkingStoriesBehaviorNormalTradeChecksDefinedManhoodConquestDisrespectful Author:Nate Parker
“All motivation is defined by intention. If the intention is to hurt, divide, or belittle, it's wrong; if it's an attempt to cope with or make sense of tragedy, it's something different. If it's commenting on society's flaws, versus adding to society's flaws, I think the audience can tell.” IfsThinkingDifferentMotivationHurtAudienceTragedyIntentionDefinedMake SenseFlawsDividesVersusBelittle Author:Eric Andre
“I've changed my style constantly, so I'm not sure I have one defined style, except perhaps style of subject matter. But you learn as you go, I suppose.” MatterSubjectsStyleChangedDefinedNot SureSubject MatterI've Changed Author:Oliver Stone
“I also have an amazing codesigner and an amazing partnership with New York & Co. The exciting part of growing together and having this kind of long-term relationship is that they can anticipate where I'm going with something. So our relationship is very defined, it's a true partnership so I'm not doing it all by myself.” KindLongTogetherTermGrowingNew YorkExcitingDefinedLong TermPartnershipOur RelationshipAnticipateLong Term RelationshipGrowing Together Author:Eva Mendes
“Not possessing definite geographical boundaries, at least in the East - its distinction from Asia is problematic, considering that two large countries, Russia and Turkey, stretch between the two continents - , Europe, from the beginning, has defined itself from the perspective of the constitutive specificity of its philosophical principles: the freedom of the Greek cities as opposed to the Asian despotic regimes. Although these principles were often contradicted and reversed into their opposite, the idea of Europe is inseparable from them.” TwoIdeasCountryCitiesPrinciplesPerspectiveEuropeOppositesPhilosophicalEastRussiaBoundariesDefinedGreekDistinctionRegimesContinentsConsideringDefiniteAsiaTurkeysAsianInseparablePossessingSpecificity Author:Roberto Esposito
“Meditation has been defined as the cessation of active eternal thought.” Has BeensMeditationEternalActiveDefined Author:H. P. Blavatsky
“I have always defined political correctness as an elevation of sensitivity over truth.” PoliticalDefinedSensitivityPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessElevation Author:Bill Maher
“When Dr. Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.” LastsPossibilityEnormousDefinedReformRefugeDrsIgnoredJohnsonScoundrelsDr Johnson Author:Roscoe Conkling
“Do you think you can love too much? Or experience too much beauty, at the cost of too much pain? Do you think when art is defined by expressing so much beauty and so much pain, just to be able to cope with both - and bring other people something creatively beautiful at the cost of that pain - that we can draw a line of 'normalcy'? It's important to think about.” PeopleThinkingArtImportantAblePainBeautifulLinesToo MuchCostDrawsArt IsDefinedNormalcy Author:Paul Dalio
“That is the beauty when I discovered the label 'Touched With Fire.' That book defined it for me, I could be that. And we just happen to be living in one age of society that put these various labels on the condition. In Aristotle's time, it was the 'inspired state.' In the Native American cultures, you were the shaman. Labels and language creates realities, even if they are false.” IfsBookStatesRealityHappensAgeCultureLanguageFireConditionsInspiredVariousDefinedLabelsNativeTouchedNative AmericanAmerican CultureNative American Culture Author:Paul Dalio
“We continue to urge China and other claimants to work constructively to resolve these disagreements, so that the South China Sea - which is so vital to the global economy - can be defined by commerce and cooperation.” EconomySeaSouthChinaDefinedUrgesResolveCooperationCommerceDisagreementGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“Play is this process of operating the world, of manipulating things. It's related to experimentation, and it's related to pleasure, but not defined by it.” WorldPlayProcessPleasureDefinedRelatedExperimentation Author:Ian Bogost
“In establishment Indian and Pakistani thought, Kashmiris are defined as different from the nationals of the two countries.” TwoDifferentCountryDefinedIndianEstablishmentTwo Countries Author:Nyla Ali Khan