Of course, you will be doing this whenever you harvest for the kitchen. Sage and rosemary are small woody shrubs. Chives and parsley will happily fill their allotted square foot and try to invade a neighbor. Thyme, the creeping variety, is quite low-growing, but can cover a lot of space in a season. A better kitchen variety is more up-right in habit, has better flavor, and can be kept within its space easily.
Oregano is upright, but can grow large.
Basil is fairly tall and bushy and is better planted in rows from seed. As you shop for plants, you will discover that there are many different flavors and growth habits to choose from. Thyme comes in lemon, orange, caraway, and spice, not to mention upright and creeping, wooly and variegated. There is cinnamon basil, lemon basil, purple basil, and mammoth leaf basil. Well, you get the idea.