A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
Sai Baba

A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class.
Marcy Kaptur

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
C. S. Lewis

After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a look around, and jammed for 5 hours solid.
Robyn Hitchcock

All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.
Max Beerbohm

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.
Orson Welles

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
Abdul Kalam

But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him.
Neil Innes

But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure.
Cliff Richard

But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.
Debbie Allen

Consolidation isn't new, though... it was a major factor in our rush to form the Gathering and place a stake in the ground to ensure that there is a solid path for developers who are willing to stay independent and build their own companies on their own terms.
Mike Wilson

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Francis Bacon

For over 15 years, through the clean coal programs of the Department of Energy, the Federal Government has been a solid partner, working jointly with private companies and the states to develop and demonstrate a new generation of environmentally clean technology using coal.
Tim Holden

For too long people have backed companies on hope value rather than solid products coming out. Now we are coming out the other side.
Daniel Morgan

Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them.
William Falconer

Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid.
Trent Dilfer

How it shaped my perception is this: I have become so indelibly identified as a character in pop culture that it has forced me to go deeply within myself to get a very very rock solid sense, to myself, of who I am.
Thomas Wilson

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
Kong Fu Zi

I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.
Pierre Laval

I felt uneasy, but sometimes, like I said before, I believed in Col. North and there was a very solid and very valid reason that he must have been doing this.
Fawn Hall