Based Quotes

Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.

I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!

I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin.

This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games.

My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization.

I had a traditional interview based on a phone call from an agent. He says there's a show and they would like to see you and its called Dallas. With very little knowledge I go over to this meeting at Warner Brothers.

Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.

I feel as though my criteria are based more on how challenging the role is, it doesn't have to fit into any particular profile, is it something that I've never done before, and is it something that I feel like I can really feel challenged and therefore fully engaged in, and that's when the work gets to be the most fun.

We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.

It's not going to be easy; Enterprise IT has spent decades growing a defensive culture based on the premise that you only get noticed when you screw up, so that must be avoided at all costs.

I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say.

Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us.

Europe is difficult to coordinate, and our main deficit may not even lie in this area of finance and economics, but in foreign and security policy. We have a leadership problem because we are still 27 different members who have still not decided on how to work with each other based on what we used to call a European constitution.

All warfare is based on deception.

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

The victory of Hamas is not only based on the corruption of the Palestinian Authority. Hamas has a vision and a program, and this is the reason why the Palestinian people chose Hamas. However, there is no doubt that the corruption helped Hamas's victory.

Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.

Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some press reports sort of were bandied about that there were going to TV movies based on some of the books that were out.

I'm based in London now. I'm renting an apartment, making my own little home. It's great because I am around people all the time and I need my own space to get away from it all.

The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding.

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have been entirely based on concepts raised by Star Trek.

All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target.

One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward.