Top 1200 Basic Things Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

In my opinion, it's only logical that you have to be on the pitch and playing as often as possible to develop further. That's just an absolute basic requirement.

All things in this creation exist within you and all things in you exist in creation; there is no border between you and the closest things, and there is no distance between you and the farthest things, and all things, from the lowest to the loftiest, from the smallest to the greatest, are within you as equal things.

I like working with modern sounds in the studio as much as I'm happy to work with a basic rock n' roll format.

In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what's happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

Do we not realize that the basic condition for a spiritual walk is to fear our self and its wisdom and to rely absolutely upon the Spirit?

I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'

In China, much of life involves skirting regulations, and one of the basic truths is that forgiveness comes easier than permission.

We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is to learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.

[Saddam] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people.

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

I find myself sick to death, tired of arguing about details with people who don't know basic facts.

My parents are big liberals and taught us to never trust a government that rids their people of basic human rights.

On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.

Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway.

Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

At home, I warm milk, stir in two teaspoons of honey, and drink it in a teacup. It's so basic yet pure; I love it.

U.A.E.'s continuously growing initiatives in the field of charitable and humanitarian works became a basic component of our foreign activities.

Lack of access to basic sanitation facilities can be a traumatic experience for girls especially during menstruation period and have an adverse impact on their health.

I think any writer keeps going back to some basic theme. Sometimes it's autobiographical. I guess it usually is.

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

Some women run with wolves, but the majority would be much happier with your basic lap dog.

The corporatization of something as basic and intimate as eating is, for many of us today, a good place to draw the line.

We live in this miraculous technological environment, and yet our human behaviour is still governed by basic impulses from prehistoric times.

These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--positi on and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them

The most basic human impulse is toward entropy and laziness. The less we have to do to grow spiritually, the more likely we are to do it.

The basic purpose of a liberal arts education is to liberate the human being to exercise his or her potential to the fullest.

Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state.

bad things, like good things don't happen any more often than they ought to by chance. the universe has no mind, no feelings, and no personality, so it doesn't do things in order to either hurt or please you. bad things happen because things happen.

Not just cricket, we are doing clothing for football, hockey etc. It's basic stuff, but good designing is what I am looking to do.

Trust the young people; trust this generation's innovation. They're making things, changing innovation every day. And all the consumers are the same: they want new things, they want cheap things, they want good things, they want unique things. If we can create these kind of things for consumers, they will come.

I wish I could go out farther from my musical history. I didn't realize how hard it was until I tried to do it. All the basic tracks on Romanian Names were done in my basement, alone, without any of the self-consciousness that comes with being in the studio. It was a completely different process. And those two things definitely made the record sound different. But you want this quantum leap from record to record, and maybe if I did make a quantum leap I'd make an unlistenable album. So maybe I'm lucky that I can't pull it off.

For a novelist, a given historic situation is an anthropologic laboratory in which he explores his basic question: What is human existence?

At times, the most dangerous politicians have been those impelled by dreams and ideals, rather than basic realities.

All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.

Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.

For me, there is a basic recognition of horror as the most open doorway where the intersection of philosophical and religious ideas can come tighter.

The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions

Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.

HB 2 leaves 90% of the children behind. The disconnect between this bill and the basic needs of Texas schoolchildren is appalling.

Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else.

Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom.

A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. Thats basic spelling that every woman ought to know.

We must hold fast to the austere but true doctrine as to what really governs politics and saves or destroys states. Having in mind things true, things elevated, things just, things pure, things amiable, things of good report; having these in mind, studying and loving these, is what saves states.

It's very funny. People do not want to achieve liberation or be happy. This is the basic guideline they teach you in Spiritual Training School.

After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship.

In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place.

Digital content and electronic networks have changed the basic environmental conditionsin which documents are created, distributed, and used.

No problem exists in isolation, one must first reduce it to its basic components, then tackle each component in turn.

I wonder if economics has less basic core material than is necessary for fields such as mathematics, physics, or chemistry, say.

I write about the things that happen to us all. The things that are tough, the things that matter, from a loved one fighting an illness, to losing a job, being betrayed by somebody you trust, all parts of the human condition. No one is exempt from those things.

The urge to convert experience into a group of words that are in a grammatical relation to one another is the most basic, ongoing impulse of my life.

The basic issue is whether the financial elite or the government on behalf of the people should have the profit from creating money.

Imagine growing up never feeling loved by your family - the most basic of human needs.

But the basic Taoism that we are concerned with here is simply a particular way of appreciating, learning from, and working with whatever happens in everyday life.

But acting had entered my world through older brothers. It was a basic thing: all that just looks cool.

I am very determined to stand up against any threat to the basic Democratic values and institutions of this country.