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:
“To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal, and graft and corruption taken for granted, the elimination of these conditions in Communist China is so striking that negative aspects of the new rule fade in relative importance.”
—Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)
“The ability to secure an independent livelihood and honorable employ suited to her education and capacities is the only true foundation of the social elevation of woman, even in the very highest classes of society. While she continues to be educated only to be somebody’s wife, and is left without any aim in life till that somebody either in love, or in pity, or in selfish regard at last grants her the opportunity, she can never be truly independent.”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)