Famous quotes containing the words joint and/or base:
“There is no such thing as “the Queen’s English.” The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)