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title: "44 Basil Quotes by 33 authors"
description: "Browse 44 Basil quotes by 33 authors. Discover the best Basil sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Basil Donovan was drunk again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-silverberg/basil-donovan-was-drunk-again/)

[Robert Silverberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-silverberg/)

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> [“her horse, Basil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-mlynowski/her-horse-basil/)

[Sarah Mlynowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-mlynowski/)

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> [ Illy \[Ray Illingworth\] had the man-management skills of Basil Fawlty ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-gough/illy-ray-illingworth-had-the-man-management-skills-of-basil-fawlty/)

[Darren Gough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-gough/)

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> [“It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-your-best-work-basil-the-best-thing-you-have-ever-done/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/a-man-taking-basil-from-a-woman-will-love-her-always/)

[Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/)

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> [And I did a movie called Basil with Jared Leto and Christian Slater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-forlani/and-i-did-a-movie-called-basil-with-jared-leto-and-christian-slater/)

[Claire Forlani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-forlani/)

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> [Savory...that's a swell word. And Basil and Betel. Capsicum. Curry. All great. But Relish, now, Relish with a capital R. No argument,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/savory-that-s-a-swell-word-and-basil-and-betel-capsicum-curry-all/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [As far as Italian ingredients, I always have one of those plants of fresh basil in the house, and some mozzarella in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gino-d-acampo/as-far-as-italian-ingredients-i-always-have-one-of-those-plants-of/)

[Gino D'Acampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gino-d-acampo/)

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> [“Forgiveness is a lot like basil, it's so strong that you only need a little to change the whole recipe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-e-wrightmoor/forgiveness-is-a-lot-like-basil-it-s-so-strong-that-you-only-need-a/)

[Will E. Wrightmoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-e-wrightmoor/)

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> [ I went in \[Sweet Basil band\] and played with them, maybe half the gig for almost eight years or more. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-went-in-sweet-basil-band-and-played-with-them-maybe-half-the-gig/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ Ernie Hayes, Jimmy Lewis, and either Belton Evans or Khalil Mahdi on drums \[were in Sweet Basil\]. All those guys really took… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/ernie-hayes-jimmy-lewis-and-either-belton-evans-or-khalil-mahdi-on/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [What the English like to do is to face reality with a glass of port and a tear and fade off like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/what-the-english-like-to-do-is-to-face-reality-with-a-glass-of-port/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

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> [“Nothing, Basil. I’ll see you in a few,” Fine, and it’s Lord Basil.” Even in the bedroom?” Especially in the bedroom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-phoenix/nothing-basil-i-ll-see-you-in-a-few-fine-and-it-s-lord-basil-even-in/)

[Adrian Phoenix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-phoenix/)

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> [I think you are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with you. It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-think-you-are-wrong-basil-but-i-won-t-argue-with-you-it-is-only-the/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Basil Stag Hare tut-tutted severely as he remarked to Ambrose Spike, 'Tch, tch. Dreadful table manners. Just look at those three wallahs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/basil-stag-hare-tut-tutted-severely-as-he-remarked-to-ambrose-spike/)

[Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/)

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> [Bad Girl!" She chided. "I'm pretty sure Boris is a boy," I said. "Oh, I know," Mrs. Basil E. assured me. "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/bad-girl-she-chided-i-m-pretty-sure-boris-is-a-boy-i-said-oh-i-know/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [I have been right, Basil, haven’t I, to take my love out of poetry, and to find my wife in Shakespeare’s plays?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-have-been-right-basil-haven-t-i-to-take-my-love-out-of-poetry-and/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-mayes/going-to-europe-as-a-budding-cook-opened-my-eyes-to-food-in-a/)

[Frances Mayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-mayes/)

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> [On daughter Apple's accent: She says Mummy instead of Mommy, I don't mind that. I will if she starts saying basil and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwyneth-paltrow/on-daughter-apple-s-accent-she-says-mummy-instead-of-mommy-i-don-t/)

[Gwyneth Paltrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwyneth-paltrow/)

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> [I believe in the magic of preparation. You can make just about any foods taste wonderful by adding herbs and spices. Experiment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-cruise/i-believe-in-the-magic-of-preparation-you-can-make-just-about-any/)

[Jorge Cruise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-cruise/)

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> [“He is some brainless beautiful creature who should be always here in winter when we have no flowers to look at, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/he-is-some-brainless-beautiful-creature-who-should-be-always-here-in/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“The pesto and angel hair are warm in the bowl on my lap, the fragrances of olive oil and basil blending the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-perry/the-pesto-and-angel-hair-are-warm-in-the-bowl-on-my-lap-the/)

[Michael Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-perry/)

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> [“ Their unique essences mixed together, heavy and heady in the small room. Basil and cinnamon and allspice combined with those elements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-simons/their-unique-essences-mixed-together-heavy-and-heady-in-the-small/)

[Kat Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-simons/)

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> [Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, "Travel on the royal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorotheus-of-gaza/virtues-are-in-the-middle-the-royal-way-about-which-the-saintly-elder/)

[Dorotheus of Gaza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorotheus-of-gaza/)

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> [Basil..discovered a guild of abortionists, or sagae, that were doing a booming trade in Caesarea, and the surrounding environs. They provided herbal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-george/basil-discovered-a-guild-of-abortionists-or-sagae-that-were-doing-a/)

[Grant George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-george/)

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> [The repeat run of Fawlty Towers drew bigger audiences than ever and deservedly so. Statistical surveys reveal that only the television critic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/the-repeat-run-of-fawlty-towers-drew-bigger-audiences-than-ever-and/)

[Clive James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-james/)

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> [“POMMAROLA Tomato Sauce ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 small onion, minced 1 28-ounce can of whole tomatoes, or 6–8 firm fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-mayes/pommarola-tomato-sauce-cup-extra-virgin-olive-oil-1-small-onion/)

[Frances Mayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-mayes/)

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> [When I was thinking about what we could do in terms of what production values of Broadway might be able to add…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-timbers/when-i-was-thinking-about-what-we-could-do-in-terms-of-what/)

[Alex Timbers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-timbers/)

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> [The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio - rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/the-scent-organ-was-playing-a-delightfully-refreshing-herbal/)

[Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/)

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> [That's definitely true! It was before my father died, so I can't attribute it to an obsession with death. When I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cate-blanchett/that-s-definitely-true-it-was-before-my-father-died-so-i-can-t/)

[Cate Blanchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cate-blanchett/)

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> [“I trembled. I was done. This was it. I wanted to die, right here in the kitchen, beside my precious basil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-hildreth/i-trembled-i-was-done-this-was-it-i-wanted-to-die-right-here-in-the/)

[Scott Hildreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-hildreth/)

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> [Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean uptight incompetent bully comes naturally to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cleese/basil-fawlty-was-an-easy-character-for-me-for-some-reason-portraying/)

[John Cleese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cleese/)

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> [Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/conscience-and-cowardice-are-really-the-same-things-basil-conscience/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [ I would sit in at a jazz brunch \[at sweet Basil\] with Eddie Chamblee, who was a great tenor player. Really a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-would-sit-in-at-a-jazz-brunch-at-sweet-basil-with-eddie-chamblee/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [I was also sitting in from the middle of senior year of high school at Sweet Basil, it was a great club…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-was-also-sitting-in-from-the-middle-of-senior-year-of-high-school/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [“Tip: To avoid bruising the basil, Mama tore the leaves into pieces with her fingers. Chopping is fine, but you won't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-carrabba/tip-to-avoid-bruising-the-basil-mama-tore-the-leaves-into-pieces-with/)

[Johnny Carrabba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-carrabba/)

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> [We're big fans of the show on BBC, and some of the greatest actors in film and television have done this character,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-tassler/we-re-big-fans-of-the-show-on-bbc-and-some-of-the-greatest-actors-in/)

[Nina Tassler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-tassler/)

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> [If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-mayes/if-you-ve-got-a-plot-the-size-of-a-car-or-a-tiny-yard-in-italy-you-re/)

[Frances Mayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-mayes/)

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> [“He once called her his basil plant; and when she asked for an explanation, said that basil was a plant which had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/he-once-called-her-his-basil-plant-and-when-she-asked-for-an/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [Pounding fragrant things - particularly garlic, basil, parsley - is a tremendous antidote to depression. But it applies also to juniper berries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-gray/pounding-fragrant-things-particularly-garlic-basil-parsley-is-a/)

[Patience Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patience-gray/)

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## Top authors on Basil

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basil/oscar-wilde/)

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                        "text": "Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, \"Travel on the royal way and count the miles.\" As I said, the virtues are at the midpoint between excess and laxness. That is why it is written, \"Do not turn to the right or the left\" (Prov 4:27) but travel on the \"royal way\" (Num. 20:17). Saint Basil also says, \"The person who does not allow his thoughts to incline towards excess or deprivation but directs it to the midpoint, that of virtue, is upright in heart.\"",
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                        "text": "Basil..discovered a guild of abortionists, or sagae, that were doing a booming trade in Caesarea, and the surrounding environs. They provided herbal potions, pessaries, and even surgical remedies for women who wished to avoid child-bearing. The bodies of the children were then harvested and sold to cosmetologists in Egypt, who used the collagen for the manufacture of various beauty creams.",
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                        "text": "The repeat run of Fawlty Towers drew bigger audiences than ever and deservedly so. Statistical surveys reveal that only the television critic of The Spectator is incapable of seeing the joke, which is that Basil Fawlty has the wrong temperament to be a hotel proprietor, just as some other people have the wrong temperament to be television critics.",
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                        "text": "“POMMAROLA Tomato Sauce ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 small onion, minced 1 28-ounce can of whole tomatoes, or 6–8 firm fresh tomatoes, peeled ½ cup basil leaves, chopped Salt and pepper Heat oil and add onion. After 5 minutes over medium heat, add tomatoes and break them up with a spoon. Add basil and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 10 minutes on high heat, uncovered, to reduce it. Makes 3 cups.”",
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                        "text": "When I was thinking about what we could do in terms of what production values of Broadway might be able to add to the show, I had this thought that it would be really cool if we had a coup de théâtre. What would they want? And then I was like, an amazing, enormous tuna puppet that was like 30 by 40 feet would be pretty incredible. So I called up Basil Twist, and he got really excited immediately and started sketching out his idea, and I think it's a real highlight of the show.",
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                        "text": "The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio - rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon; a series of daring modulations through the spice keys into ambergris; and a slow return through sandalwood, camphor, cedar and newmown hay (with occasional subtle touches of discord - a whiff of kidney pudding, the faintest suspicion of pig's dung) back to the simple aromatics with which the piece began. The final blast of thyme died away; there was a round of applause; the lights went up.",
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                        "text": "That's definitely true! It was before my father died, so I can't attribute it to an obsession with death. When I was seven, I loved those old Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone. The Scarlet Claw was one of my faves. And I loved all the Halloween's and that film about the haunted house... Burnt Offerings, with Oliver Reed. Every birthday party was a slumber party and we'd watch horror films.",
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                        "text": "“I trembled. I was done. This was it. I wanted to die, right here in the kitchen, beside my precious basil.”",
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