Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF. Votes: 1
The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and crown - has remained remarkably consistent throughout the history of this building type. Votes: 1
The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual. Votes: 1
If you look through the history of wearables, I was named the father of wearable computing, or the world's first cyborg. But the definition of wearable computing can be kind of fuzzy itself. Thousands of years ago, in China, people would wear an abacus around their neck - that, in one sense, was a wearable computer. Votes: 1
When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live. Votes: 1
A society in stable equilibrium is-by definition-one that has no history and wants no historians. Votes: 0
Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny. Votes: 0
...all concepts in which an entire process is semiotically concentrated elude definition; only that which has no history is definable. Votes: 0
Artistic imagination must remain free. It is by definition free from any fidelity to circumstances, especially to the intoxicating circumstances of history. Votes: 0
Heiligkeit und Genie entziehen sich der Definition. Votes: 3 Böll, Heinrich
Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens. Votes: 4 Peter McWilliams
No man knows my history. Votes: 5 Joseph Smith, Jr.