Negation/definition

Famous quotes containing the words negation and/or definition:

“An “unemployed” existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.”
—José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)

“It’s a rare parent who can see his or her child clearly and objectively. At a school board meeting I attended . . . the only definition of a gifted child on which everyone in the audience could agree was “mine.””
—Jane Adams (20th century)