Quotes about root
roots selfishness branches
Indeed, beauty is one of mankind's greatest needs; it is the root from which the branches of our peace and the fruits of our hope come forth. Beauty also reveals God because, like him, a work of beauty is pure gratuity; it calls us to freedom and draws us away from selfishness. Pope Benedict XVI
roots growth down-and
Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Robert Fulghum
roots crafts longing
I felt a longing to compose a radical or root poem that would speak to what has its back turned to me. Robert Bly
roots panic serious
...the most serious thing, and the strangest, is that we are afraid to the point of panic, not so much of seeing ourselves as of being seen by ourselves. This is our root absurdity. What is behind this great fear? Rene Daumal
roots shifting approval
It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval. Thomas S. Monson
roots evil giving
Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today. But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're giving none away. Roger Waters
roots greed political
Each of us needs to eliminate our anger, fear and greed. The roots of social conflicts and political tensions are in personal anger, fear and greed. Satish Kumar
roots leaving
Is where you're from the place you're leaving or where you have roots? Sara Gruen
roots tree facts
General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves Samuel Taylor Coleridge
roots drawing tree
After I did the drawings of trees combining them with words, I started doing - I did that for a very short time. Then it kind of - that sort of evolved into just showing the branches of a tree coming down into the trunk and then going into the root system. So I showed both the branches and the roots of a tree, which were about equal. There is as much going on under the ground as is going on above the ground, which you can see. Robert Barry
roots giving looks
To me it's a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root... To give meaning to where we are today, we need to look at where we have come from. Richard Leakey
roots waiting firsts
Understand--it ALWAYS makes sense. Sense can't be avoided. If it first seems to be non-sense, wait: roots will reveal themselves. Richard Foreman
roots return moments
There are moments when we have to return to our roots. Rob Bell
roots giving facts
What is indisputable is the fact that unbelief is the force that gives birth to all of our bad behavior and every moral failure. It is the root. Tullian Tchividjian
roots flesh berries
Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots Tupac Shakur
roots choices affection
Beware of those who are homeless by choice! You have no hold on human being whose affections are without a top-root! Robert Southey
roots
Fear is the root of all courage Vivian Stanshall
roots drawing
Drawing is the root of everything. Vincent Van Gogh
roots defense
I always root for the defense.
roots long grows
Values, both those that we approve and those that we don't, have roots as deep as creosote rings, and live as long and grow as slowly Wallace Stegner
roots language english-language
English, no longer, an English language, now grows from many roots. Salman Rushdie
roots
When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots. Wanda Sykes
roots adultery should
Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root? William Congreve
roots people trying
People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog. Wayne Gretzky
roots why-not weapons
A weapon based on Time . . ." mused Viktor Mulciber. "Well, why not? The one force no one knows how to defeat, resist, or reverse. It kills all forms of life sooner or later. With a Time-weapon you could become the most feared person in history." "I'd rather be loved," said Root. Mulciber shrugged. "You're young. Thomas Pynchon
roots tragedy done
When the doubters tell you it can't be done and all kind of tragedies will come your way, I say nonsense. If you can get to the very root of who you are and make something happen from it, my sense tells me you are going to surprise yourself. Vidal Sassoon
roots swamps american-english
That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp. Roy Blount, Jr.
roots evil said
The person who said money is the root of all evil just flat out didn't have any. Stuart Wilde
roots apples people
The roots of apple were to build computers for people, not for corporations. The world doesn't need another dell or compaq. Steve Jobs
roots miracle boots
Let Pirelli's / Miracle Elixir / Activate your roots, sir... Keep it off your boots, sir- / Eats right through. Yes, get Pirelli's! / Use a bottle of it! / Ladies seem to love it... Flies do, too! Stephen Sondheim
roots people levels
People have the most control over their affairs at the grass-roots level. Anything that can be fairly and efficiently handled at a grass-roots level should be thus handled, and only delegated to a higher authority when necessary. Peace Pilgrim
roots lines green
But there is a more virulent strain at the root of Western Lysenkoism today. Scientists, like Holdren and Michael Mann, can be leftist ideologues as well, posing to manipulate and mislead for the good of the cause. Bottom line: green is the new red. That is why Obama at root is so committed to it. Peter Ferrara
roots suffering matter
The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have. Pema Chodron