Foundation commonly refers to:
- Foundation (engineering), the lowest and supporting layer of a structure
- Foundation (non-profit), a type of organization
Foundation may also refer to:
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Famous quotes containing the word foundation:
“What is the foundation of that interest all men feel in Greek history, letters, art and poetry, in all its periods from the Heroic and Homeric age down to the domestic life of the Athenians and Spartans, four or five centuries later? What but this, that every man passes personally through a Grecian period.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The institution of the family is decisive in determining not only if a person has the capacity to love another individual but in the larger social sense whether he is capable of loving his fellow men collectively. The whole of society rests on this foundation for stability, understanding and social peace.”
—Daniel Patrick Moynihan (20th century)
“To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)