Foundation Quotes - Page 5

• Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Weather, Tomorrow

  "Random Thoughts". Column at Jewish World Review, www.jewishworldreview.com. April 06, 1999.

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• We’'ve broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise.

  Mitchell Baker

  Broken Heart, People, Logical

  "Next generation browser: Pure open source software development comes of age". Interview with Dana Greenlee, www.tacomadailyindex.com. September 10, 2004.

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• The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Art, Pregnancy, Sensual

  'On some technical Elements of Style in Literature' (1885)

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• I had an old typewriter and a big idea.

  J. K. Rowling

  Greatest Fear, Typewriters, Ideas

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination”, p.38, Hachette UK

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• Now any dogma, based primarily on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user.

  Isaac Asimov

  Faith, Emotional, Guarantees That

  Isaac Asimov (1991). “Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.

  Isaac Asimov

  Loyalty, Truth Is, Scientific Truth

  Isaac Asimov (1951). “The foundation trilogy: three classics of science fiction”

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• I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Believe, Rights, Law

  "Obama Picks Hispanic Woman For Supreme Court". "National Public Radio News", www.npr.org. May 27, 2009.

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• I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general.

  Herbie Mann

  Cancer, Men, Awareness

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• I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

  Bob Schieffer

  Art, Writing, Able

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• Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built

  Leon Uris

  Book, Writing, Important

  "Leon Uris" by Eric Homberger, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2003.

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• The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.

  Thomas Mann

  Dwelling, House, Humanity

  The New York Times, June 21, 1939.

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• Once you depart from the Ten Commandments as being the foundation of right and wrong, you are in a free fall.

  Randall Terry

  Fall, Being Free, Ten Commandments

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• Fear is the foundation of safety.

  Tertullian

  Safety, Workplace Safety

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• Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

  Michael Bergdahl

  Teamwork, Secret, Servant Leadership

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• In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

  Nursultan Nazarbayev

  Past, Fiction Novels, Space

  " Tourist finds 'paradise' in space", www.cnn.com. May 6, 2001.

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• Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church.

  Martin Sheen

  Faith, Thinking, Catholic

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• The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century.

  C. Everett Koop

  Teaching, Advancement, Carnegie

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• The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality.

  Pat Robertson

  Christian, Morality, Jew

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• The foundation is in place, and now we have to get to work.

  David Luiz

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• Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

  George W. Bush

  Inspirational, Life, Terror Attacks

  9/11 Address to the Nation, delivered 11 September, Oval Office, Washington, D.C.

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• In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

  Anne Frank

  Motivational, Believe, Divorce

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Apr 07, 2015

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• The foundation of success is intense desire.

  Bill Phillips

  Desire, Intense

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• Faith creates the foundation for conviction.

  Simon Soloveychik

  Faith, Conviction

  Simon Soloveychik (2010). “Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?”, p.141, Aigul Aubanova

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• Deep are the foundations of sincerity. Even stone walls have their foundation below the frost.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Wall, Frost, Stones

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.234, Xist Publishing

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• You can't build a great building on a weak foundation.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Building, Weak, Weak Foundation

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