Basis Quotes

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Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis… — Noam Chomsky
'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet… — Stephen Covey
What could be the basis of our having more inherent value than animals? Their lack of reason, or autonomy, or intellect? Only if we are… — Tom Regan
A national legal organization is giving very serious thought to using The Betrayal of America as a legal basis for asking the House Judiciary Committee… — Vincent Bugliosi
Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society. — John Galsworthy
... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must… — Mahatma Gandhi
And despite the fact that the basis of this mathematical way of thinking in art is in reason, its dynamic content is able to launch… — Max Bill
The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis. — Karl Donitz
Parental love is not contingent on the talents and attributes the child happens to have. We choose our friends and spouses at least partly on… — Michael Sandel
Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members - the last, the least, the littlest. — Roger Mahony
To come to faith on the basis of experience alone is unwise, though not so foolish as to reject faith altogether because of lack of… — Os Guinness
What kind of authority can there be for an 'Apostle' who, unlike the other Apostles, had never been prepared for the Apostolic office in Jesus'… — Ferdinand Christian Baur
I'm always worried about how fans of the books will react, but we have kept true to a lot of the books. Obviously there are… — Dominic Sherwood
So familiar are eggs to us, however, that in the eighteenth century they were referred to as cackling farts, on the basis that chickens cackled… — Mark Forsyth
The Bible was the only book Jesus ever quoted, and then never as a basis for discussion but to decide the point at issue. — Leon Morris
Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are crazy [people]. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all the time,… — Joss Whedon
Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation. — Bruce Lee
I think the entire message of the psychedelic experience, which is basically the sine qua non of the rebirth of alchemical understanding, the very basis… — Terence McKenna
More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving. — A. J. Jacobs
Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own… — Sharon Salzberg

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