Goede Basis Quotes & Sayings

Right now I'm listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT'S MY JOB. — Al Yankovic

Grand visions, even those as prescient as Washington's, must nevertheless negotiate the damnable particularities that history in the short run tosses up before history in the long run arrives to validate the vision. — Joseph J. Ellis

In the purest landscape, the human subject is the immortality of the soul by the faithfulness of love. — John Ruskin

Low and stable inflation in many countries is an important accomplishment that will continue to bring significant benefits. — Ben Bernanke

America's 1st Arab spring came in the guise of the Civil War ... when our nation couldn't stomach the abomination of slavery anymore. One can't help keep wondering ... when the next one will come. — Timothy Pina

Today I believe that, under the specially privileged conditions in which I exist, life contains two main truths which we must face simultaneously, and between which there is no choice - the joy of being, the horror of being no more. — Simone De Beauvoir

Nope. He lives over in Boca Raton." "Oh fuck, Red." "I know, it's hor'ble. That's how come the five hundred a day. — Carl Hiaasen

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

The only people who can ever put ideas into context are people who don't care; the unbiased and apathetic are usually the wisest dudes in the room. If you want to totally misunderstand why something is supposedly important, find the biggest fan of that particular thing and ask him for an explanation. He will tell you everything that doesn't matter to anyone who isn't him. He will describe paradoxical details and share deeply personal anecdotes, and it will all be autobiography; he will simply be explaining who he is by discussing something completely unrelated to his life. — Chuck Klosterman

Thus her whole identity hangs in the balance of her love life. She is allowed to love herself only if a man finds her worthy of love. — Shulamith Firestone

To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success
the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history
with a society that provides opportunities for all. — Malcolm Gladwell

Faith itself has no merit; in fact, by its nature it is self-emptying. It involves our complete renunciation of any confidence in our own righteousness and a relying entirely on the perfect righteousness and death of Christ. — Jerry Bridges