Quotes About Basis

A lot of the ancient Norse myths and legends are the basis of a lot of the sci-fi, fantasy films out there. Telling these stories in a contemporary medium, it's all good.

Escoffier, whose philosophy was "Good food is the basis of true happiness.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

I don't like the spirit of socialism - I think freedom is the basis of everything.

we're finding that humans, just like macaques, have neurons that act as mirrors. In fact, studies suggest that these remarkable cells may form the basis for human empathy. That's because, in effect, they transport us into another person's mind, briefly making us feel what the person is feeling.

The Jews had, as a matter of fact, long been all along the most ingenious entrepreneurs. It was only our own future that we had never built upon a business basis.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!

In chess, as in life, possibility is the basis of everything. Every hope, every dream, every regret, every moment of living.

That, she supposed, was the basis of depression as well as the difference between fear and despair. Fear was when you wandered into a cellar and worried that the door would close shut. Despair was when the door closed and locked behind you.

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.

Why is it so hard to explain the basis of state authority? The most likely reason is that there is no explanation for political authority, because political authority is a fiction.

Philosophy is an operation that of itself produces nothing; it operates on the basis of truths subtracted from the event.

A politics of moral engagement is not only a more inspiring ideal than a politics of avoidance. It is also a more promising basis for a just society.

Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

Now that it was safe to drag their relationship out into the light and examine it mercilessly it was fantastic on what a thin basis they had proposed to build their life. Apart from physical attraction, there was nothing between them but fun and parties, and that was not entirely a taste in common. Life was like a jigsaw, but if you tried to fit the pieces together yourself, you generally got them wrong.

Advertising seems to take us back to the Stone Age where the basis of life is mining.

Our lamps and torches produce artificial lights, but we don't dare to call them so because they have been proved to be useful in our daily basis.

We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.

If you can't solve a problem for your customer, then there's no basis for a sale. But if you uncover problems you can solve, then you're potentially providing the buyer with something useful.

No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

It lies at the foundations of everything, it is the fifth element, the quintessence.

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 experience ... the quality of a Christian's experience depends on the quality of his faith, just as the quality of his faith depends in turn on the quality of his understanding of God's truth.