During the lockout year, my focus was the basics…

Play small ball. Get back to basics. I would say that you need to be a conservative, but you need to maintain your independent…

— Andrea Tantaros

I learned tabla for three years when in school, then started picking up the basics of the acoustic guitar when in college.

— Anupam Roy

The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.

— Shane Black

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal…

— Alan Greenspan

I see film as a real opportunity to examine the human condition. No matter where the technology goes in the future, the basics don't…

— Michael Schultz

Sometimes we think that the more expensive brands will be more effective. Sometimes if you stick to the basics, that's what really matters. That's…

— Pia Wurtzbach

As hundreds of millions of Chinese have improved their standard of living, this has put enormous pressure on natural resources, raw materials, and food…

— Daniel Lubetzky

Move quickly. Sound, calm mind. Be light in body. Have a clever mind. Master the basics.

— Gogen Yamaguchi

After almost exactly three hours, we rolled into a small hole of a town that had one traffic light and a resturant simply marked…

— Richelle Mead

When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with…

— Rita Rudner

There are huge misconceptions about people on benefits. They are labelled scroungers or cheats. The reality is that many who need that level of…

— Theo Paphitis

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

— Clive Owen

“When life gets confusing, go back to the basics. The rest is noise!”

— Alyssa Shelasky

We have to stick to basics. Sometimes, you expect that miracles will happen, but it does not work out that way.

— Shahid Afridi

I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then…

— Alber Elbaz