Basics Quotes

#1. It sounded stupid, but of course everything does when you're just getting the bare bones facts, only the basics ...

Sarah Dessen

#2. The thing about being at home versus being out in the world working is, it's a whole different vibe. When I'm home with my kids and partner, I will cook - even though she's a very good cook. She's learned over the years. We started with basics, you know, how to saute onions, how to saute mushrooms.

Cat Cora

#3. Bet you've never had a bear down your pants before. Though I'm kind of a bear in bed. (Rick from Back to Basics)

Erin McCarthy

#4. We just simply want to get back to basics, get - restore essentially the constitutional foundation of the country, and that means the federal government becoming less onerous, less involved in every - basically every item of our lives. And what that means is there does have to be some transition.

Joe Miller

#5. Joy is not getting what you want. It's fully appreciating what you have. And it starts with the basics, like water.

Mark Batterson

#6. In hindsight, that time out of football gives you the hunger to want to get back to basics and play football.

Alan Smith

#7. We need for America to get back to basics and focus on the middle class's quality of life. Healthcare reform is vital to restoring that standard of living.

Sander Levin

#8. I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?

Anne Rice

#9. People need to understand the basics of evolution if they are going to reject it - otherwise, they are not contributing anything productive to modern society.

Greg Graffin

#10. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to prove that cutting incomes to the poorest families will have a negative impact on kids. That is less money for the basics like food, health and clothes.

Metiria Turei

#11. For me, making music is about my whole life. The basics, the components, simple things - family, living, just going to the market and getting new fruit and veg. That's what keeps my blood flowing.

Neneh Cherry

#12. I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.

Umberto Eco

#13. If we just go back to the basics ... I do not want to give up our republic and become a socialistic ideological nation. That's not who we are.

Diane Hendricks

#14. I love to teach, especially high school-aged students, because I like introducing them to the absolute basics of everything they're ever going to learn, the things I wish I had learned at that age. It's the stuff you can always go back to in terms of absolute fundamentals.

Josh Cooke

#15. If you have difficulty sleeping or are not getting enough sleep or sleep of good quality, you need to learn the basics of sleep hygiene, make appropriate changes, and possibly consult a sleep expert.

Andrew Weil

#16. Don't worry too much if you don't pass exams, so long as you feel you have understood the subject. It's amazing what you can get by the ability to reason things out by conventional methods, getting down to the basics of what is happening.

Godfrey Hounsfield

#17. Most of us forget the basics and wonder why the specifics don't work.

Garrison Wynn

#18. The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art.

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

#19. My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair.

June Jordan

#20. Someone could have an outstanding comprehension of a bodybuilding diet and a background in nutrition but not have the work ethic and desire to put it into practice. That person won't be as successful as the person who understands some basics and puts them into action regularly.

Robert Cheeke

#21. It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

Clive Owen

#22. Riding a bicycle is about getting back to basics. It's good for the waistline and it's good for the wallet, is what I'm saying.

Phil Keoghan

#23. The basics of running this town are very simple. All you need to do is reward those with something to offer, and the way to recognize them is that they can do something you can't; it's that simple. And when you identify them, you protect them with the meanest bastards you can find.

Matt Mayr

#24. My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club.

Sergei Bubka

#25. I' ve always been a fan of the basics. After you have a good solid foundation of Jiu-Jitsu, the rest comes by instinct. You create, invent. The rest is easy. The difficult part is the beginning.

Carlos Gracie Jr.

#26. I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known.

Lewis Thomas

#27. Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.

Cameron Russell

#28. If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.

Vera Nazarian

#29. I want to bring drawing back to the basics, make it about the pleasure that it can afford and remove the notion that it's some kind of precious or difficult activity. It's another way of telling a story.

Chris Riddell

#30. Zentangling creations may seem really intricate and intimidating. However, when you learn the basics, you will realize it is simple. It is like learning the secret to a magic trick. In Zentangling, you ask the question "So what else can I not do?

Valerie Coven

#31. I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back ... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place.

Jim Cantalupo

#32. I started at GM knowing very little about that particular business. Not being an expert means you have to learn everything, starting from the basics.

Edward Whitacre Jr.

#33. Some of the things I think I learned from that were very educational as far as just paying bills - the basics in dealing with a restaurant like that. It was just life - the education involved in running the organization, even on a small level.

Todd English

#34. Oh yeah, we all write. That's what's great about when you have basics in piano.

Caroline Corr

#35. As an Old Navy style attendant, I'm all about upgrading your bare basics and presenting them to your customer as basics you need to have in your wardrobe.

Brad Goreski

#36. If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or to put it another way: You're at risk, and the people with you are at risk. I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

Steve Wynn

#37. To become an executive chef, you have to start at the bottom, learn the ropes, know the kitchen, and know the basics. Be okay with having someone constantly telling you what to do. Be a team player. Oh,

Jane Bedell

#38. Many times, when children enter school they shun mathematics and science during the years when they should be learning the basics.

Margot Lee Shetterly

#39. Adele is so great! I love "Someone Like You"! Everyone is just raving about it. What's so nice about it - and a lot of her songs - is it just takes it back to basics.

Kerry Ellis

#40. The difference between a poet and a philosopher is that the poet sees logically and describes basically the beauty whereas the philosopher defines the basics and shows the beauty of logics.

Anuj

#41. Wal-Mart, we've been known for many years - back to the days of when Sam Walton started the company - we've been known for basics. The basic need of families and people across America. Wal-Mart was known as the place for basics.

Mike Duke

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

Bryant McGill

#43. I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

Alber Elbaz

#44. No two children learn in the same way. While we might agree that every American eight-year-old should be able to read and multiply, beyond those basics, there are few reasons to make every student follow the same path.

John Katzman

#45. Men needed to explain the basics to him. A How to Deal with Women summit. Nothing would bond the races faster.

Danielle Monsch

#46. We started with the basics of kicking and punching, then we moved on once we got proficient in that, we moved on to working with the weapons, and from then on working with the wires.

Chiaki Kuriyama

#47. Maturity refers to having a sound understanding of basics and making a fair judgment.

Pearl Zhu

#48. My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.

Jeff Bridges

#49. It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the world's leaders won't act unless they hear enough people telling them. And every day they fail to act, thousands of people die because they can't afford the basics of survival.

Edward De Bono

#50. Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that feeling is just about the most important aspect of playing guitar

Eddie Van Halen

#51. Having learnt my basics in theatre, I always feel film is a collaborative effort. If you do your part well and help the person in front of you in realising his or her potential, the film invariably comes out good.

Randeep Hooda

#52. My first job as premier will be to go back to basics.

Lara Giddings

#53. My basics are black, white, or neutral, and I'll wear a ton of jewelry or carry a brightly colored bag.

Rachel Zoe

#54. There is no shortage of opportunity. There is only a shortage of those who will apply themselves to the basics that success requires.

Jim Rohn

#55. I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

Alvin Lee

#56. What I think is the most important thing to learn about any instrument is the basics of music. Learn your ABCs before you write a Hemingway novel.

Yngwie Malmsteen

#57. Okay, basics. The three S's: shower, shit, and shave - every man could do that in his sleep. So he did. He managed his complete morning routine in a mental and emotional coma.

Amy Lane

#58. My dad felt pretty strongly that I know about the basic workings of a plane and so he taught me how to read and set the instruments, as well as the basics of taking off and landing.

Leigh Newman

#59. Technology must be implemented as part of a thoughtful, holistic approach to education transformation that includes teacher training, relevant curricula, parental involvement, and programs for children that fill unmet needs for basics like nutrition and health care.

Bill Gates

#60. The Buddha taught three cycles of teachings. His first cycle of teachings cover the basics, the prerequisites. This would include the Dharmapada.

Frederick Lenz

#61. In terms of pots and pans, I just use the basics - I'm not a snob like that.

Aerin Lauder

#62. The very basics of photography [can] be potent and strange. So why not make pictures about the medium itself and see where they would take me?

Abelardo Morell

#63. That's the classic nature of people, though. We'll skip the basics and get pissed when the sexy stuff doesn't work.

Martyn Rooney

#64. The bells are a very good investment. They never break if they are maintained. I can teach the kids the basics. They may play bells for only one year, but many of them go on to play at local churches.

Dan Gable

#65. The basics of acting are really better in America than in Europe. Just the basic "fake laugh" is impossible to get in France.

Thomas Mars

#66. School taught me how to do language, maths and science; it failed to teach me the very basics of how to keep my home healthy.

Steven Magee

#67. What's the basis when rappers don't know the basics?
Still not takin' advice from those I wouldn't trade places with.

Skeme

#68. Far too many managers have lost sight of the basics, in our opinion: quick action, service to customers, practical innovation, and the fact that you can't get any of these without virtually everyone's commitment.

Tom Peters

#69. After you have the basics down it's all mental.

Ken Venturi

#70. I think technology is such that we can reach new heights but we need some of the basics of the pre-technological age. It's counter-productive to be able to type a hundred words a minute but not know what the words mean.

Larry Gelbart

#71. We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we're getting back to basics, and doing what America has always done best: We're making things again.

Barack Obama

#72. I've been an actor for 30 years, so I pretty much know how to do the basics of a fight without hurting anybody.

Julie Benz

#73. You can't invent Google, Facebook or the iPod unless you've mastered the basics, are willing to put in long hours and can pick yourself up from the floor when life knocks you down the first 10 times.

Amy Chua

#74. A lot of these things will fly in later forms on the space station themselves, or a later form of that research will, once they kind of find out some of the basics from flying it on shuttle.

Linda M. Godwin

#75. I couldn't think. The basics of my life seemed altered and thrown into question. After all, our families
our ancestors
are our identities. Biology is destiny.
I'm not who you think I am, I had said to T.J. the last time I'd seen him. Maybe I wasn't who I'd thought I was either.

Aimee Friedman

#76. When families can afford the basics, they can reinvest in their communities, and higher wages means a broader consumer base for businesses.

David Rolf

#77. The best way to keep ahead of the game is to teach it, this forces you to constantly review the basics.

Johnny FD

#78. Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

Theodor Reik

#79. The myth of objectivity made nonfiction increasingly unread. In feature articles, we could be playful in the opening and clever in the end but in the middle it was back to the boring basics.

Lee Gutkind

#80. What makes it possible for politicians to do so many things that are economically counterproductive is that neither the public nor the media know enough of the basics to understand what's wrong with what they're saying.

Thomas Sowell

#81. Managers are encouraged to focus on complex initiatives like reengineering or learning organizations, without spending time on the basics.

Marcus Buckingham

#82. If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this ... it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.

Nicholas Stern

#83. When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third.

Rita Rudner

#84. I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

Joe Namath

#85. Of course, my interests and my focus change and become more diverse, more worldly. At the same time, I am interested in the simple basics, which is I love to dance and I love to make people dance.

Madonna Ciccone

#86. When we get down to the very basics of human life we find that we arrive to take a ride on spaceship Earth for several decades and then we leave.

Steven Magee

#87. Back to basics Rock & Roll capturing the beauty and simplicity of punk

Gary Crowley

#88. BASICS OF DIET AND HEALTH The basic principles of good diets are so simple that I can summarize them in just ten words: eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables. For additional clarification, a five-word modifier helps: go easy on junk foods.

Marion Nestle

#89. I'm an out and out basic man and AC/DC are one of the best rock'n'roll bands in the world, doing things just to the basics, you know.

Brian Johnson

#90. I only took about five guitar lessons in my life from an actual teacher. I learned fast that that wasn't for me. I didn't have the attention span to learn that way. So I learned the basics from my dad, then just from playing on stage, and watching other guitar players.

Jason Aldean

#91. Alternative therapists don't kill many people, but they do make a great teaching tool for the basics of evidence-based medicine, because their efforts to distort science are so extreme.

Ben Goldacre

#92. I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.

Laura Linney

#93. All the new songs have been written since the re-issue of Diamond Day. With my first royalties I got a Mac and a little mixer and a keyboard, figured out the basics of a music program, and gradually started to write and record the songs and the arrangements.

Vashti Bunyan

#94. The secret to renewal and true confidence is simple: Get back to the basics.

Tim Sanders

#95. During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals.

Brandon Jennings

#96. TV has gone back to basics, relating to middle class family with real characters, less make-up and simple shots. I feel as an actor it is a delight to work in such shows.

Mona Singh

#97. Your own imagination as to the true ability of the permaculture design system, you need to trust the system and stick to main frame basics with profound and thorough thinking while trusting yourself.

Geoff Lawton

#98. At 15, I had to choose a vocational school, and I was delighted, of course, to go to culinary school. But learning the basics was not as exciting as being the chef I am today.

Eric Ripert

#99. Move quickly. Sound, calm mind. Be light in body. Have a clever mind. Master the basics.

Gogen Yamaguchi

#100. Gratifying when the basics reflect a fresh light, leading to real continuing ed.

Phillip Gary Smith