Basis Quotes

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The basis of optimism is sheer terror. — Oscar Wilde
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. — Oscar Wilde
I don't much like being a public figure, because so often how people appear is not how they really are, and I think one of… — Robert Winston
I had parents who believed I could do anything - and I know how that made me feel. I think both my parents, having careers… — Reese Witherspoon
Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks. — Lin Yutang
The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good… — Richard D. Zanuck
The basis of our partnership strategy and our partnership approach: We build the social technology. They provide the music. — Mark Zuckerberg
Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith. — Francis Collins
Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that. — Frans de Waal
We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the basis of political… — Henry B. Eyring
There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views. — Helen Fisher
The best remote companies I've seen do almost everything online, via email and telephone. But they also get together face to face on a regular… — Margaret Heffernan
For all its shortcomings, Wikipedia does have strong governance and deliberative mechanisms; anyone who has ever followed discussions on Wikipedia's mailing lists will confirm that… — Evgeny Morozov
I went to SXSW in 2011. God, that was awful. I mean, I only went because my publisher wanted me to promote the book and… — Evgeny Morozov
Cyborg writing must not be about the Fall, the imagination of a once-upon-a-time wholeness before language, before writing, before Man. Cyborg writing is about the… — Donna J. Haraway
Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis. — Zig Ziglar
Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the… — Erich Fromm
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some… — Albert Einstein
The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are… — Milan Kundera

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