Basic Quotes - page 13

My grandparents in Istria had a frasca, which is about the most basic kind of grocery/restaurant. They sold wine from their own vineyard. I took control of the vineyard, hired a local winemaker, and bought another winery in 1996. We had our first commercial vintage in 1998. (Joe Bastianich)
Developments in medical technology have long been confined to procedural or pharmaceutical advances, while neglecting a most basic and essential component of medicine: patient information management. View quote
John Doolittle
After everyone has had a chance to bluster, posture, and pontificate, we are left with one basic question: under any foreseeable circumstance, would it be in our national interest to default on our debt? The answer is unequivocally no. View quote
John H. Sununu
We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet. View quote
John Lynch
I have seen that technology has contributed to improved communication, that it's contributed to better health care, that it's contributed to better food supplies, that it has contributed to all the basic human needs. View quote
John Warnock
I'm a filmmaker, but my working procedures are different. All my basic structuring is done during the filming. You know, how long I keep the shot, the exposure or the speed - slower or faster, etc. That's structuring. And then there is a second stage of structuring that comes later when I begin to put those pieces together. View quote
Jonas Mekas
Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn't fit this description. View quote
Joni Eareckson Tada
The problem is that everywhere the gas drilling industry goes, a trail of water contamination, air pollution, health concerns and betrayal of basic American civic and community values follows. View quote
Josh Fox
I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals. View quote
Julius Erving
The most important thing for people to understand is that the basic rule that people have a right to send information over the Internet - even when they are using a wireless device - is part of the framework. View quote
Julius Genachowski
Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another? (James D. Houston)
I think that the basic philosophy was very good. It was just be nice to each other, and don't step on other people's toes and infringe on their freedom. View quote
Kevin Ayers
Since scarcity is the basic economic problem, if it does not exist then there is no reason for my economics course. Devoting time to the study of how people use limited resources to fulfill unlimited wants and needs should help us to discover how to best utilize the resources we have at our disposal. View quote
Kurt Bills
I was born in Scotland and have lived there all my life. I speak conversational Cantonese with my dad when I'm at home, and very basic Mandarin. View quote
Katie Leung
Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father. View quote
Keith O'Brien
In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be. View quote
Keith O'Brien
Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence. View quote
Linda Chavez
I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives. View quote
Lamar S. Smith
There are etiquette things that actors, new actors, need to know about. Because it only takes one mess-up on a set to get fired. Not being where you're supposed to be or saying something to the wrong person that you're not supposed to say, and those are like basic things that the actors need to know. View quote
Loretta Devine
For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity. View quote
Louise Slaughter
Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before. (Luc Montagnier)
The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and pleasure of future generations. View quote
Martin Filler
Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home. View quote
Matt Blunt
When it comes down to it, it's giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company guarantees that. There's always something new and something to excite us and surprise us, and that's why people come back, I hope. View quote
Matthew Bourne
More and more, job listings are exclusively available online and as technology evolves nearly every occupation now requires a basic level of digital literacy with web navigation, email access and participation in social media. View quote
Michael K. Powell