|
"No man has a right in America to treat any other man tolerantly, for tolerance is the assumption of superiority." »Wendell Willkie
|
|
"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe." »Frank Zappa
|
|
"Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest." »Marilyn Ferguson
|
|
"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance." »Orville Wright
|
|
"One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind." »Jean Kerr
|
|
"basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing." »Wernher von Braun
|
|
"...the basic delusion that men may be governed and yet be free." »Henry Louis Mencken
|
|
"I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility." »Everett Dirksen
|
|
"The basic notion underlying USENET is the flame." »Chuq Von Rospach
|
|
"I speak basic to clients, 1-2-3 to management, and mumble to myself." »Anonymous
|
|
"If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military." »Harry S. Truman
|
|
"The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore." »Henry Louis Mencken
|
|
"Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing." »Elizabeth Goudge
|
|
"Every sale has five basic obstacles no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust." »Zig Ziglar
|
|
"No one that ever lived has ever had enough power, prestige, or knowledge to overcome the basic condition of all life - you win some and you lose some." »Ken Keyes
|
|
"A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know." »Mistinguett
|
|
"basic - A programming language. Related to certain social diseases in that those who have it will not admit it in polite company." »Anonymous
|
|
"Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade." »Miranda Richardson
|
|
"The basic purpose of a liberal arts education is to liberate the human being to exercise his or her potential to the fullest." »Barbara M. White
|
|
"If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic." »Hazel Henderson
|
|
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." »Daniel Webster
|
|
"Surely a tired woman on her way to work at six in the morning on a subway deserves the right to get there safely . everyone who changes his or her life because of crime . have been denied a basic civil right." »George Herbert Walker Bush
|
|
"For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal." »John F. Kennedy
|
|
"It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals." »Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi"
|
|
"The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one." »H.L. Mencken
|
|
"Living up to basic ethical standards in the classroom-discipline, tolerance, honesty-is one of the most important ways children learn how to function in society at large." »Eloise Salholz
|
|
"It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration." »Professor Edsger Dijkstra
|
|
"The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues." »Robert Hutchins
|
|
"I think God is as much a basic ingredient in the universe as neutrons and positrons. This is the prime force, when we look around the universe." »Gene Roddenberry
|
|
"Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals." »Jim Rohn
|
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
