Quotes of: Basically Keyword

We're past the age of heroes and hero kings... Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it's up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.

John Updike

I fear we might be losing the basic human facility to be alone - and with that you throw out independent decision-making, what to trust, what not to trust; key stuff - a perilous loss.

Dylan Moran

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.

Naveen Jain

I love to travel, and I think being whisked away somewhere for a vacation is a pretty amazing date. But, I'm really into the basic movie and dinner. It's not where you are but who you're with that really matters.

Alexandra Daddario

Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about.

Brandon Boyd

I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.

Larry Ellison

It was here I learnt that corporate principles and military principles are basically the same. Insulation. Illusion. Hype. Activity.

The Alchemy of Desire

He'd turned away from a life on basic to live in the stars, or if not the stars, at least the rocks that floated free in the night sky.

Abaddon's Gate

So basically you're sticking around to watch us all fuck up ?" "Yes. It's one of life's few guaranteed constants.

The Hydrogen Sonata

Look at the humanity - we're wild animals, even without basic template of consciousness. Shame on us..

Inspiration Per Moment

What's the truth? The truth is what people WANT. Liars are basically idealists, liars are saints and prophets. Jesus was a liar.

Island

A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself.

Killosophy

She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance.

Laughable Loves

Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.

Tomorrow Happens

We believe that religions are basically the same…they only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.

Up To Date

No marketplace, free or otherwise, is good when it fails to consider the basic human state of needs at every stage of life.

Voice of Reason

Rather than trying to master nature we should start with the basics of trying to understand nature, cooperate with nature.

Voice of Reason

The meaning of life is basically to be the kind of person you would want to be around.

Why Not-World

A more humane form of capitalism is about the best I think we can get. Which might sound very reformist or conservative, but that's basically where I am.

Henry Louis Gates

We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren't too screwed up.

Henry Mintzberg