No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other
definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'devoted and obedient'. This
definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman (Notes on Nursing)
View quotes by Florence NightingaleArt is a reality, not a
definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere
definition, it is imperfect and untrue.
View quotes by Benjamin HaydonA
definition of capitalism... the process whereby American girls turn into American women. (Savages)
View quotes by Christopher HamptonI submit that the traditional
definition of psychiatry, which is still vogue, places it alongside such things as alchemy and astrology, and commits it to the category of pseudo-science.
View quotes by Thomas SzaszThe deepest
definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
View quotes by Alfred North Whitehead[on understanding] The
definition is this: to understand something is to know what it means, to know what its significance is. To understand a sentence is to know what it means, to understand a language is to know what its words and sentences mean, to understand a phenomenon more generally is to know its significance.
View quotes by Tim CraneWherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by
definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
View quotes by Hannah ArendtNo one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by
definition, is unassailable.
View quotes by James BaldwinLet me give you a
definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
View quotes by Albert Schweitzer A perpetual holiday is a good working
definition of hell.
View quotes by George Bernard ShawFor in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very
definition of slavery.
View quotes by Jonathan SwiftI guess the
definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
View quotes by Ezra PoundWhat's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one
definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much.
View quotes by Malcolm ForbesGod... a being whose only
definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.
View quotes by Ayn RandA guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the
definition of a good pitcher.
View quotes by Sandy KoufaxMy Love is of a birth as rare
As 'tis for object strange and high:
It was begotten by despair
Upon Impossibility. [The
Definition of Love]
View quotes by Andrew MarvellThe
definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
View quotes by Benjamin FranklinPsychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by
definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand.
View quotes by Saul BellowPeace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed
definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.
View quotes by Oscar Hammerstein IIMy
definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car.
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