Basis Quotes

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The basis of all true cosmic horror is violation of the order of nature, and the profoundest violations are always the least concrete and describable. — H P Lovecraft
Sarah: That's not fair! Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is? — Terry Jones
If no one had ever challenged religious authority, thereâ€™d be no democracy, no public schools, womenâ€™s rights, improvements to science and medicine, evolution of slavery… — Mary Griffith
Now, you may think that this is some sort of generalized hatred that I will carry for the lot of you. Let me assure you… — John Scalzi
Incidentally, did you know that the whole eight glasses a day thing is complete bullshit and has no scientific basis? So many things are like… — John Green
Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from… — Michael Palin
There is an hour, a minute - you will remember it forever - when you know instinctively on the basis of the most inconsequential evidence,… — Joyce Carol Oates
Overslept and had to race to get a life to Jasâ€™s with my dad. No time for yoga or makeup. Oh well, Iâ€™ll start tomorrow.… — Louise Rennison
Here was a flower (the daisy reflected) strangely like itself and yet utterly unlike itself too. Such a paradox has often been the basis for… — Thomas M. Disch
â€ŽPeople have presuppositions... By 'presuppositions' we mean the basic way that an individual looks at life- his worldview. The grid through which he sees the… — Francis Schaeffer
I began absolutely non-stop tormenting my parents, begging them on a daily basis to move there. — Taylor Swift
Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government — Graham Chapman
Human beings are co-partners with deity in the project of being. This is the basis of all magic. — Terence McKenna
To say nothing of what you lose, lose, lose, are losing, man. You fool, you stupid fool ... You've even been insulated from the responsibility… — Malcolm Lowry
I feel such a creative force in me: I am convinced that there will be a time when, let us say, I will make something… — Vincent Van Gogh
No more fear of hunger. A new kind of freedom. But what then ... what? What would my life be like on a daily basis?… — Suzanne Collins
There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature. — Stephen Covey
An assassin can be found for every president. And for every prophet there are a thousand interpreters to distort the essence of the religion, to… — Sergei Lukyanenko
Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer… — Timothy Keller
In short, there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how hard we measure, no matter how strongly… — Neal Shusterman

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