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Foundation Quotes

On the bases people build careers, cultures and causes upon.

The word stretches in several directions here — theatre described as a personal foundation, cultural foundation as something to understand before adapting to change, and even the everyday foundation of a makeup routine. See Good quotes for more on what people consider solid ground.

I was just an animal lover. Everything that the Sam Simon Foundation does is supposed to help dogs and people - that's our mission.

Quotes by Sam Simon

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

Quotes by Saint Augustine

I formed this thing called the Half Foundation, and what I tried to do is quantify hiring practices in Hollywood. Half the population is women, so half of the storytellers should be women. Fifty percent of all the directors in...

Quotes by Ryan Murphy

The mission of the Ruby Bridges Foundation is to create educational opportunities like science camp that allow children from different racial, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds to build lasting relationships.

Quotes by Ruby Bridges

When we started our foundation, I was less than 30 years old. We pledged that 10 per cent of our profits, whatever the amount, would be used for a social cause, and that we would be actively involved in that...

Quotes by Ronnie Screwvala

The very foundation of our nation's economy is predicated on the health, growth, and vitality of our local communities.

Quotes by Ron Dellums

My father has a movement that started before us. As his children, we are just the stewards to build on his foundation.

Quotes by Rohan Marley

I don't think it matters at all if the Bitcoin Foundation were to close.

Quotes by Roger Ver

We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth.

Quotes by Roger McNamee

The bedrock foundation of any rational immigration policy should be to benefit America rather than benefiting potential or existing immigrants, or any other specific group, whether favorable or antagonistic to them.

Quotes by Robert Zubrin

For myself, I warmly thank the Nobel Foundation and the Committee for Chemistry for this mark of their approbation and for an award which confers the highest distinction that a scientist can achieve. I am greatly beholden also to my...

Quotes by Robert Robinson

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.

Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

The key to a solid foundation in data structures and algorithms is not an exhaustive survey of every conceivable data structure and its subforms, with memorization of each's Big-O value and amortized cost.

Quotes by Robert Love

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Quotes by Robert E. Lee

How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high and solemn, as yourself!

Quotes by Robert Dale Owen

Once you establish a foundation of knowing what the greatest recording artists of all time were... Wouldn't you want your kids to know this stuff?

Quotes by Robbie Robertson

We need the media as the foundation of functioning institutions.

Quotes by Richard Edelman

Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students.

Quotes by Ric Keller

Once you depart from the Ten Commandments as being the foundation of right and wrong, you are in a free fall.

Quotes by Randall Terry

We are all enormously indebted to the National Science Foundation of the United States and the American public for steady support over close to 50 years.

Quotes by Rainer Weiss

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "foundation" quotes cover?
It ranges from theatre described as a personal foundation, to a makeup routine for the red carpet, a point about knowing "the foundation of one's own culture" before facing change, and volunteering for the Guide Dog Foundation.
Does a quote explain why theatre matters to one performer?
Yes: "I love theatre because that is my foundation."
Is there a quote about a makeup routine?
Yes: "I try not to wear foundation unless I have a giant pimple, which sometimes I do." The same quote says the standard look is "blush and mascara."
Does a quote link cultural knowledge to handling change?
Yes: one quote argues that without knowing about flexibility, or "the foundation of one's own culture," a person can't properly prepare for change.
Is there a lighthearted mention of a charitable foundation?
Yes: "My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs." See the Good collection for more on doing good.

One entry ties foundation to charitable work rather than career or culture, a reminder that the word covers giving as much as building — explore Great and I Am quotes for related themes.