Basis Quotes

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The more details we learn about the chemical basis of life and the intricacy of the genetic code, the more unbelievable the standard historical account… — Thomas Nagel
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and… — Thorstein Veblen
Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis. — Nelson DeMille
Naturalness is the basis of effectiveness. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
When you train a horse on a daily basis, you're a part of the horse's movement, you're a part of his motion. Everything that the… — Karen O
The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a… — Benjamin Tucker
Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character. — Darren Shan
When you say there's too much evil in this world you assume there's good. When you assume there's good, you assume there's such a thing… — Ravi Zacharias
In some instances, you may care so much about the person who has hurt you, or be so unable to be angry with him (or… — Paul Ekman
I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the computational capacity of the universe,… — Seth Lloyd
People take it for granted that the physical world is both ordered and intelligible. The underlying order in nature - the laws of physics -… — Paul Davies
Saturday Night Live is hitting me on a regular basis again. This is my fourth decade that I've been lampooned on Saturday Night Live — Geraldo Rivera
Who we are is the result of how we live and act on a daily basis. Our daily actions reflect our prime values and motivations. — David Frawley
To know what one can have and to do with it, being prepared for no more, is the basis of equilibrium. — Pearl S. Buck
The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing. — Billie Holiday
I am myself persuaded, on the basis of extensive study of the historical evidence, that... the severity of each of the contractions - 1920-21, 1929-33,… — Milton Friedman
In stocks as in romance, ease of divorce is not a sound basis for commitment. — Peter Lynch
The autobiographical self is built on the basis of past memories and memories of the plans that we have made; it's the lived past and… — Antonio Damasio
There is no basis for the ardent hopes and positive statements made as to the safe and successful use of the dirigible balloon or flying… — George W. Melville
Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed… — Gael Garcia Bernal

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