Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
Frank Zappa

Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.
Tennessee Williams

The new spirituality is that it will produce an experience in human encounters in which we become a living demonstration of the basic spiritual teaching 'We are all one.'
Neale Donald Walsch

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.
Thomas Sowell

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

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
Will Durant

The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively promoted by London and Dublin.
Gerry Adams

To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.
E. Stanley Jones

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.
E. Stanley Jones

The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again.
Nora Ephron

My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.
Gerald R. Ford

The basic idea was that if a country would put its economy as an integrated piece of the world system, that it would benefit from that with economic growth. I concur with that basic view.
Jeffrey Sachs

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
Maria Montessori

The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.
Steven Biko

I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.
Julius Erving

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Joseph Addison

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.
Pearl S. Buck

There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.
Tom Hanks

I can install toilets. I know all about the wax ring. I can tile floors. I'm learning how to do basic wiring.
Sandra Bullock

Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.
Keanu Reeves