Top 1200 High Definition Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

In the U.S., PC-makers have no incentive to lower prices because it kills their profit margins. They keep adding new features like high-end retina displays and faster processors to justify their high prices.

We went to a very small high school. It was, like, in a wooded house; it was a weird school. I hung out with a lot of guys in high school, and I did theater with a few of my close girlfriends.

My definition of freedom is still ruled by the reluctance to live a conventional life, from Emilio Salgari's pirates.

There's very few directors I think in this industry that would pitch to a studio that they wanted to do a multi-layered almost at times existential high action, high drama surreal film that's sort of locked in his mind. And then have an opportunity to do that.

A definition of faith: everything will be alright by God's standards, maybe not ours, but by His for sure.

We can keep whatever we like about manhood but adjust the parts of the definition that are keeping men back.

One thing that did happen to me, though - in high school, there was a club to help prepare people for scholarships and they wouldn't let girls take the class. But I studied for it, and that year I was the only one from the high school who got the scholarship. That was my vindication.

A movie is a certain thing by definition. There's nothing wrong with knocking out a good genre picture.

There is no adequate definition for creative writing, any more than it is possible to describe pain or flavor or color.

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.

Set your goals high; make friends with different kinds of people; enjoy simple pleasures. Stand on high ground; sit on level ground; walk on expansive ground.

The twenty first century will require a re-affirmation and re-definition of our alliances and international organisations.

If you hug someone goodbye and their response is what the hell are you doing? - you may want to examine you're definition of close friend.

I would add that I consider myself and how I do things as a kind of system which, by definition, I always follow.

For me the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that’s what separates us from other countries.

Everything that I do has a certain mechanical logic to it, and follows my definition of design--which is function with cultural content.

No limit, no definition, may restrict the range or depth of the human spirit's passage into its own secrets or the world's.

The definition of marriage cannot be disputed. It's right there in black and white and it's been the same since the start of Wikipedia.

I'm not sure I'll ever be famous by anyone's definition. I can only hope to be allowed by the audience to continue my life's work.

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.

Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.

The beauty of Goodreads is that you know you’re sowing in a field where everyone, by definition and self-selection, loves to read.

Don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own. (This is easier said than done.)

Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.

By any sane definition of success, if you wake up in a pool of blood and nobody has shot you, you are not successful.

I guess I never really had a high school experience. I went for about a month, and on the first day one of my friends got punched in the eye. It was Southern California Public High School. Needless to say, I wasn't there for long.

We maintain and hold that Muslims and Hindus are two major nations by any definition or test of a nation.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

A lot of people have had good discussions about what it means to be American, and we need to broaden our definition.

I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. That's what I will be above and beyond everything else.

High levels of inequality generate high costs for society, dampening social mobility, undermining the labour market prospects of vulnerable social groups, and creating social unrest.

Of course, if 40% of women need oxytocin to progress normally, then something is wrong with the definition of normal.

I'm a firm believer of the venture capitalist-style approach to solving problems. Rather than doing many small things that you hope add up, it's much more effective to work on projects that are high risk and high reward.

I didn't want to go to college - I was bored by junior high. So I was in church one day, staring at the stained glass windows and thinking about things, when suddenly I decided that if I could start selling cartoons to magazines, they'd let me quit high school.

My definition of beauty is happiness. I believe that when you are happy, it shines through and makes you a more attractive and beautiful person!

Everyone in Senate is a hurdle, but everyone in there has children. Everyone in there has grandchildren. No one wants to see our kids continue to gain weight, have high blood pressure high cholesterol, diabetes, and depression.

But, once again, when I said I'm so grateful for my mom just being adamant about me staying in public school - that is what allowed me to be exposed to so many different types of people. I went to a high school that was by the beach. I elected to do bussing my junior high school years. And my first year of high school, I would take the bus from my neighborhood to the beach schools. And at those schools, you had such a mix of so many types of kids.

Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That's not a statement, it's a definition.

When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what can save you, sinking sinner ? This alone - I have a high priest in heaven, and he can support in the hour of affliction. This alone can give you peace-I have a high priest in heaven. When you are dying - when friends can do you no good - when sins rise up like spectres around your bed - what can give you peace ? This - "I have a high priest in heaven"

I think what's happening here is, there's a group or maybe one person who is saying this is gonna be the definition and this is what we want to get the kids to do now.

There are, almost by definition, an unlimited number of Hells - potentially at least a personal one for every living sapient being.

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.

The idea that any president represents the world, by definition the United States must be diminished for that to happen.

You know the critical thing with the Communist countries is Communism, which by definition consists of control by the government.

Have we raised the threshold of horror so high that nothing short of a nuclear strike qualifies as a 'real' war? Are we to spend the rest of our lives in this state of high alert with guns pointed at each other's heads and fingers trembling on the trigger?

For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

The best definition of the word culture (workplaces included) that I've heard is that it's how people behave when nobody is watching.

'Fade To Black' - just this amazing construct: a song that defied the definition of what Metallica was perceived to be at the time.

We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings.

My definition of freedom is knowing who you are, and then being it. No matter what anyone else is doing. And naked parties of course.

The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That's what I enjoy now.

I grew up with very hands-on jobs. I was raised on a farm and taught to work hard. In this high-tech, high-speed society, somewhere along the line, we got the message that if we're not a brain surgeon or an astronaut, we really shouldn't be proud of ourselves.

My definition of secularism is very clear. The sole religion of the Government is Nation First, the holy book is the Constitution.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources. That definition may be the 'what,' but it certainly is not the 'why.'

I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in.

I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. Thats what I will be above and beyond everything else.

I'm just thrilled and kind of honored that I still get the chance to do what I love, because that really is the definition of success.