Basis Quotes

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The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that… — Oscar Wilde
They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be explained and worked… — Richard Ford
The early cars already are drawing deep breaths past my door. And last night's phrases sick with lack of basis are still writhing on my… — Fiona Apple
The fundamental basis of this nationâ€™s laws was given to Moses on the Mountâ€¦If we donâ€™t have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally… — Harry S. Truman
We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out… — Edward de Bono
The basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works, but rather who God is. — Stanley Hauerwas
He was visited on a lunar basis by these great unspecific waves of horniness, whereby all women within a certain age group and figure envelope… — Thomas Pynchon
If the evolutionary mechanism of natural selection depends on death, destruction, and violence of the strong against the weak, then these things are perfectly natural.… — Timothy Keller
Is that the basis of friendship? Is it as reactive as that? Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?... Do… — Wallace Stegner
Iâ€™ve never enjoyed myself more than I have the past forty-eight hours, during which Iâ€™ve been trapped in a car with one of the worst… — Meg Cabot
I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly… — Bono
...loss is essential, loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life. Mind you, I'm not complaining. Thanks to some inexplicable universal guiding… — Rohinton Mistry
The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soulâ€™s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Dad always warned that it was misleading when one imagined people, when one sas them in the Mind's Eye, because one never remembered them as… — Marisha Pessl
Every single being, even those who are hostile to us, is just as afraid of suffering as we are, and seeks happiness in the same… — Dalai Lama
They were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the job of looking… — Terry Pratchett
need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that. — David Levithan
Dimitri was on a first name basis with one of the most badass guardians around. Of course, Dimitri was pretty badass himself, so I shouldnâ€™t… — Richelle Mead
Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of this speed. For… — Frank Herbert

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