Basis Quotes - page 3

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated. (Tryon Edwards)
The basis of a democratic state is liberty. View quote
Aristotle
I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more numerous, and as you added that those were the sentiments of the gentlemen present, representing not only the working class, but citizens of other callings than those of the mechanic, I am happy to concur with you in these sentiments, not only of the native born citizens, but also of the Germans and foreigners from other countries. View quote
Abraham Lincoln
The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone. View quote
Milan Kundera
Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do. View quote
Tony Blair
I speak of the war as fruitless; for it is clear that, prosecuted upon the basis of the proclamations of September 22d and September 24th, 1862, prosecuted, as I must understand these proclamations, to say nothing of the kindred blood which has followed, upon the theory of emancipation, devastation, subjugation, it cannot fail to be fruitless in every thing except the harvest of woe which it is ripening for what was once the peerless republic. View quote
Franklin Pierce
There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views. View quote
Helen Fisher
The evolutionary explanation for origins, although impossible either to prove or to test scientifically, is nevertheless defended by its proponents on the basis that it is the only explanation which is naturalistic, not involving the 'supernatural' element of a divine Creator. View quote
Henry M. Morris
A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting. View quote
Charlie Trotter
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. View quote
Joseph Rotblat
Voices were heard from the United States of America which made it clear that America wanted a peaceful and united Europe as a basis for mutual cooperation. (Gustav Stresemann)
The task of the mind is to produce future, as the poet Paul Valéry once put it. A mind is fundamentally an anticipator, an expectation-generator. It mines the present for clues, which it refines with the help of the materials it has saved from the past, turning them into anticipations of the future. And then it acts, rationally, on the basis of those hard-won anticipations. View quote
Daniel Dennett
Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge. View quote
John Taylor Gatto
A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason. View quote
Emily Greene Balch
A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose. View quote
Johannes V. Jensen
Like all social theories, internationalism must seek its basis in the economic and technical fields; here are to be found the most profound and the most decisive factors in the development of society. View quote
Christian Lous Lange
But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives. View quote
Michael Gruber
On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger. View quote
Hu Shih
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. View quote
Arthur Erickson
My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price. (Louis Leakey)
And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination. View quote
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument. View quote
Miroslav Vitous
The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis. View quote
Morley Safer
The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it. View quote
Robert Toombs