#base

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#certitude #entail #evidence #faith #free

Given that sexual orientation is innate and that we are all, in theological terms, children of God, to deny access to some sacraments based on sexuality is as wrong as denying access to some sacraments based on race or gender. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#based #children #deny #denying #gender

A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues. ↗

— Andrew Mellon

#based #common #common sense #idea #lowering

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#baseball #english #italian #just #main

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#based #emotion #experience #had #impossible

For those of you who don't understand Reaganomics, it's based on the principle that the rich and the poor will get the same amount of ice. In Reaganomics, however, the poor get all of theirs in winter. ↗

— Mo Udall

#based #get #however #ice #poor

Well, again, a gun sale database is just trying to get the Department of Justice to keep track of the guns that they're purchasing and supplying to drug dealers and murderers. I mean, wow. Come on, let's get the government under control before we start restricting the rights of - innocent citizens. ↗

— John Mica

#before #citizens #come #control #database

Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game. ↗

— Alyssa Milano

#escape #game #i #park #place

Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood. ↗

— Alyssa Milano

#childhood #family #represents

Cycling is based so much on form, on aesthetics, on class - the way you carry yourself on the bike, the sort of technique you have. ↗

— David Millar

#bike #carry #class #cycling #form