Define Quotes

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

It's not easy to define poetry.

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

MS doesn't define who I am.

Contraception doesn't define a woman.

You just don't get funding to go out and find God. Even if you did, you'd have to first define what you mean by 'God.'

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

You need to define yourself in the marketplace.

And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself.

I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.

It is not our mistakes that define who we are; it is how we recover from those mistakes.

It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.

To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

If I had to define my philosophy, it would be about exploration, a journey, a story-telling.

We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void.