Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.
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Because the results are expressed in numbers, it is easy to make the mistake of thinking that the intelligence test is a measure like a foot ruler or a pair of scales. It is, of course, a quite different sort of measure. Intelligence is not an abstraction like length and weight; it is an exceedingly complicated notion - which nobody has yet succeeded in defining.
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The Berlin Wall is the defining achievement of socialism.
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Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
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The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
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We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.
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It was a defining symbol of an era. For its supporters, it was 'peace through strength.' For its opponents, it was 'the mad momentum of the arms race.' Both sides cared about it so much. Now it's going out, and nobody even notices.
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The defining factor should be a supplier's ability to eliminate or reduce downtime, which is the biggest cost factor for a contractor.
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Defining consultancy is a bit like defining the upper class every possible candidate draws the line just below himself.
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Since we fear most that which is unknown to us, defining moments of change occur when we choose to know our fear.
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The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment.
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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
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The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.
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