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Basis of society: anonymous sweat. -- Emile M. Cioran
The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality. -- Robert Mugabe
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. -- Neil Armstrong
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. -- Arthur Erickson
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Whatever the evolutionary basis of religion, the xenophobia it now generates is clearly maladaptive. -- Lawrence M. Krauss
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. -- Oscar Wilde
There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views. -- Helen Fisher
Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price. -- Louis Leakey
So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument. -- Miroslav Vitous
I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them. -- Denzel Washington
The Muslim Prophet Mohammed was a big believer in charity and firmly established helping those in need as a basis of the religion. -- Richard Engel
I believe that the Laws of Karma do not apply to show business, where good things happen to bad people on a fairly regular basis. -- Chuck Lorre
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. -- John F. Kennedy
The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions. -- Joseph Rotblat
General relativity is the cornerstone of cosmology and astrophysics. It has also provided the conceptual basis for string theory and other attempts to unify all the forces of nature in terms of geometrical structures. -- Paul Davies
We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they're beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved. -- bell hooks
The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. -- Audre Lorde
I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question. -- Denzel Washington
I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life's not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are. -- Joel Osteen
I like to write stories where young people have a strong feeling about something being fair or unfair, right or wrong, cruel or kind, and they act on the basis of that - often in the face of the prevailing limits of behaviour. -- Morris Gleitzman
I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test. -- Erin Gruwell
Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem. -- Natasha Trethewey
I'm still learning a lot as a songwriter. I try to write down and make a note of ideas that I cross paths with on a day-to-day basis, whether it be a conversation or something I hear on the radio, seeing a movie, or just thoughts in my head as I'm walking down the street. -- Sam Hunt
I do believe that the original sources of all religions should be taught, because with that we will find our similarities, not just our differences. I believe that if Mohammed, Buddha, Jesus, and Moses all got together they would be best of friends because the spiritual basis of all religions is something that builds unity. -- Yehuda Berg
Sometimes, reading my own media, the negativity can upset me, but I just deal with things on a positive basis. I mean, I have up to 20,000 people singing my words back to me on a nightly basis - they share my hopes and fears, and they relate to my own life experiences. Life can be pretty isolating, but that connection is always amazing. -- James Blunt
All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average. What I did was bring that kid in at 5:00 in the morning, and he would run the stairs from the bottom to the top until I told him to quit. -- Bobby Knight
A bit is worth 10,000 basis points. -- William Poundstone
Naturalness is the basis of effectiveness. -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Nothingness is the basis of everything. -- Jaggi Vasudev
Admiration is the basis of ignorance. -- Baltasar Gracian
Compassion is the basis of morality. -- Arthur Schopenhauer
Physicality is the basis of performance. -- David Petersen
Moderation is the basis of justice. -- George MacDonald
Envy is the basis of democracy. -- Bertrand Russell
Wonder is the basis of worship. -- Thomas Carlyle
The basis of good manners is self-reliance. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy. -- Gloria Steinem
Wisdom is the essential basis of greatness. -- Wallace D. Wattles
Physical violence is the basis of authority. -- Leo Tolstoy
Speaking to bloggers on a daily basis. -- Nan Aron
All myths have a basis in fact -- Samaire Provost
The basis of optimism is sheer terror. -- Oscar Wilde
Memory is the basis of every journey. -- Stephen King
The basis of all sin is selfishness. -- David O. McKay
The gene as the basis of life. -- Hermann Joseph Muller
Religion [is] the basis and foundation of Government -- James Madison
The basis for peace is respecting all creatures. -- Cesar Chavez
I do my laundry on a weekly basis. -- Kesha
Occupation is the necessary basis of all enjoyment. -- Leigh Hunt
Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis. -- Harry Emerson Fosdick
Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge. -- John Taylor Gatto
The basis of effective government is public confidence. -- John F. Kennedy
The basis of a democratic state is liberty -- Aristotle
Fear is not the basis for foreign policy. -- Margaret Thatcher
I still work out on a daily basis. -- Clint Eastwood
I deal with haters on a daily basis. -- Kesha
Hope is no basis for a defense policy. -- Margaret Thatcher
I connect with people on a daily basis. -- Zac Efron
Good food is the basis of true happiness -- Auguste Escoffier
The firm basis of government is justice, not pity. -- Woodrow Wilson
Courage comes from acting courageously on a day-to-day basis. -- Brian Tracy
I've had great experience dealing on an international basis. -- Donald Trump
Association with women is the basis of good manners. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Personal experience is the basis of all real literature. -- George Henry Lewis
Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation. -- Arthur Conan Doyle
The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding. -- Oscar Wilde
The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Love is, without a doubt, the basis of everything. -- Eben Alexander
Love and nonattachment are the basis of true generosity. -- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands. -- Swami Vivekananda
Personal experience is the basis of all real literature. -- George Henry Lewis
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue. -- Confucius
Affection is the broadest basis of a good life. -- George Eliot
Most of my stories have some basis in fact. -- Ken Follett
The basis of art is change in the universe. -- Matsuo Basho
Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy. -- Lord Acton
The basis of everything I do is the universe. -- Alexander Calder
The basis of persistence is the Power of Will. -- Napoleon Hill
Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal. -- Ronald Reagan
Specialization and organization are the basis of human progress. -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Need is never a good basis for any relationship. -- John Green
The basis of all good human behavior is kindness. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Caring for others is the basis of worldly success. -- Sakyong Mipham
Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis. -- Bryant McGill
I am completely convinced that UFOs have an out-of-world basis. -- Walter Riedel
The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur. -- Michael Johnson
Peak performers replace depletion with inspiration on a daily basis. -- Robin Sharma
Without knowing myself, I have no real basis for thinking. -- Jiddu Krishnamurti
So thirsty of compliment is the basis of corruptive mind. -- Toba Beta
Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis. -- Bryant McGill
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding. -- Henry James
Trust should be the basis for all our moral training. -- Robert Baden-Powell
Companies thrive on the basis of the stories they tell. -- Jay Abraham
The sharing of food is the basis of social life. -- Laurie Colwin
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality. -- Pierre de Coubertin
Fernando Torres needs to be loved on a regular basis -- Mark Lawrenson
It's nice to find creative outlets on a daily basis. -- Emma Stone
The way God operates is on the basis of love. -- Desmond Tutu
As my daddy said, soil is the basis of everything. -- Michael Lee West
Good sex is the basis of any truly civilized society. -- Gil A. Waters
I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis. -- Dalai Lama
On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity. -- Alan Thicke
The basis of all education is to learn by doing. -- Donald Laird
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had. -- Joseph Wood Krutch
Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Physical Fitness is the basis for all other forms of excellence. -- John F. Kennedy
Find somebody else to run your business on a day-to-day basis. -- Richard Branson
The war on drugs is being lost on a daily basis. -- Rhys Ifans
... an institution cannot be run progressively on a basis of fear. -- Mary B. Harris
I favor access to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. -- Edward Kennedy
I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of human survival. -- Dalai Lama
Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour. -- Edward de Bono
In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. -- Alexis de Tocqueville
I still do a lot of drawing on a daily basis. -- Seth MacFarlane
I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage. -- David Attenborough
Acting is what I'm living and breathing on a day-to-day basis. -- Ruby Rose
That solid basis for a foundation of faith is personal integrity. -- Henry B. Eyring
Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it. -- Alexander Crummell
The power to question is the basis of all human progress. -- Indira Gandhi

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