#based

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true. ↗

— Socrates

#conception #emotional #illusion #mere #morality

There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all. ↗

— Robert C. Solomon

#american #based #been #being #connection

To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar as their major reserve. ↗

— Robert C. Solomon

#around #based #countries #degree #dollar

Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#athletes #based #competition #excitement #generated

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. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#based #been #concepts #entirely #experiments

When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And I had a baby at 20 years old, so it wasn't just about me. At around the age of 30 there was a stretch where I wasn't working - certainly not on anything I liked, anyway - and I started to do other things. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#age #anything #anyway #around #awful

If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code. ↗

— Randall Terry

#civil #civil government #code #god #government

People end up fleeing countries who adopt economic policies based on these flawed principles. And more often than not, they come here. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#based #come #countries #economic #economic policies

But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966. ↗

— June Jordan

#freedom #friendship #going #i #mothers

My MELD score was pretty high. And the worse you get on that scale, the sooner you get a transplant. It's based on how sick you are. And believe me, I was pretty sick. ↗

— Pat Summerall

#believe #get #high #how #i