Base Quotes
1089 quotes by 911 authors
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Who can estimate the real wealth that inheres in a fine character. . . . How base and mean money and huge estates look in…
— Orison Swett Marden
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Why certainly I'd like to have that fellow who hits a home run every time at bat, who strikes out every opposing batter when he's…
— Danny Murtaugh
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Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow (e.g., given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the…
— Eric S. Raymond
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When we start a new venture, we base it on hard research and analysis. Typically, we review the industry and put ourselves in our customer's…
— Richard Branson
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If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not give yourself peace,…
— Nhat Hanh
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In Nature all is common, and no use is base. She keeps no selected elements done up in gilt papers for sensitive people.
— Joel Dorman Steele
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Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in men's souls, and…
— Robert Harris
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The internet has no government, no constitution, no laws, no rights, no police, no courts. Don't talk about fairness or innocence, and don't talk about…
— Paul Vixie
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CONTEMPLATE THE workings of this world, listen to the words of the wise, and take all that is good as your own. With this as…
— Morihei Ueshiba
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I work on OpenBSD fulltime, as the project leader. I set some directions, increase communication between the developers, and try to be involved in nearly…
— Theo de Raadt
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I get on base by making good contact with the ball. But whenever I hit a home run, I'm as surprised as everybody else.
— Amos Otis
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Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure…
— John Pople
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We need to ensure our men and women in uniform are equipped with the very best money can buy. We also have to make sure…
— Joe Lieberman
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War provides an outlet for every evil element in man's nature. It enfranchises cupidity and greed gives a charter to petty tyranny, glorifies cruelty and…
— C. E. M. Joad
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Whoever is fortunate enough to be an American citizen came into the greatest inheritance man has ever enjoyed. He has had the benefit of every…
— Isabel Paterson
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I remember once visiting an outdoor exhibition of sculpture in Arnhem, the Netherlands. One of the artists had placed this notice at the base of…
— John Wijngaards
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All in the dark we grope along, And if we go amiss We learn at least which path is wrong, And there is gain in…
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in base imitation
— William Shakespeare
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It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never totally…
— Ettore Sottsass
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We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise.
— Mitchell Baker
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