#fundamental

Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of marriage is one of the fundamental building blocks of society. The repercussions of enacting same-sex marriage into law will be immense. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#building #building blocks #enacting #fundamental #huge

I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way you can't bring it into fundamental Islam. ↗

— Bill O'Reilly

#been #bring #culture #fundamental #i

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#anyway #causes #even #fundamental #greed

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#been #fundamental #however #link #matters

The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell. ↗

— Ben Okri

#fundamental #hints #human #imperfection #perfection

Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#any #being #best #cannot #childhood

You cannot drive a system that's going to be aiming at preventing illness if everyone is not in it. The whole gaming of health insurance and health care in America is based on that fundamental principle: insure people who aren't sick and you don't have to pay more money on them. ↗

— Mehmet Oz

#america #based #cannot #care #drive

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens. ↗

— Robert. L. Ehrlich

#ensure #fundamental #government #more #obligation

Studying consciousness tells us more about how the world is fundamentally strange. I think we have a few revolutions to go yet before we get to the bottom of it. ↗

— David Chalmers

#before #bottom #consciousness #few #fundamentally

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#institution #long-term #private #private property #property