Basement Quotes

169 quotes by 150 authors

I often don't say things out loud, even when I should. I contain and compartmentalize to a disturbing degree: In my belly-basement are hundreds of… — Gillian Flynn
I was a girl from Massapequa, New York. I grew up in Massapequa. I lived in a basement with one window. — Jessica Hahn
SM is an art. Doing it well requires more than a bag full of expensive whips and exotic electrical toys, a closet full of fetish… — Patrick Califia
The real slums are another matter. The bad parts of Tondo are as bad as any place I've seen, ancient, filthy houses swarmed with the… — P.J. O'Rourke
Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold dear.… — Richard Rorty
My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much about the value… — Douglas Preston
You want to know if we're animals? When I'm on stage with the volume rippling my body like a glass of water and thousands of… — David Lee Roth
The first time you buy a house you see how pretty the paint is and buy it. The second time you look to see if… — Lupe Velez
I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check. We adore chaos because we love to produce order. I don't use drugs; my… — M.C. Escher
It's actually safe to create a universe in your basement. — Alan Guth
You can put me in the basement or the penthouse, it doesnâ€™t matter to me. — Davy Jones
I have no patience with people who want to tell me what's wrong. I only want to hear from the person who first tells me… — Earl G. Graves, Sr.
They were not easy years. You have to understand, I was raised in a lovely neighborhood, as was Mitt, and at BYU, we moved into… — Ann Romney
In 1859 the human race discovered a huge treasure chest in its basement. This was oil and gas, a fantastically cheap and easily available source… — Kenneth E. Boulding
Keep your friends close and your enemies dead and buried in the basement. — Mark Frost
I was forced to enter the basement of my soul and look directly at what was hidden there, and to choose, in the face of… — Henri Nouwen
The heart of myself has always been something just wanting so bad. I have had an empty center, black as a basement, but also knowing… — Elizabeth Berg
One of the great truths of Scientology is that increased awareness is the only factor which offers any road out. That is an awfully simple… — L. Ron Hubbard
When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to build a business… — Richard Branson
But it became clear very quickly that I'd underestimated how much I liked him. Not him, perhaps, but the fact that I had someone on… — Marina Keegan

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