Quotes about root
roots government add
The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman, who just puts down what he damn pleases. Josiah Stamp
roots ego plant
The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it. Ramana Maharshi
roots perspective goodness
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom. Ralph Waldo Emerson
roots tough-times desolate
When our forefathers put down roots in desolate places, the thing that allowed them to survive was that they had a faith to see them through the tough times. Lee Greenwood
roots actors branches
In the Twenties, it wasn't a remarkable thing for a singer to be an actor, or even to be involved in politics. If this is our roots, how can you blame the branches for following the course of the roots. Terrence Howard
roots bird tree
My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African. Teresa Heinz
roots feelings stories
I love gothic monsters, but I like to root them more firmly in the traditional folklore from which they sprang. Or at least, I like to evoke the feeling of those folk stories. Ted Naifeh
roots intellectual facts
Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance.
roots design months
Designing a tour is a daily thing. I work on it every day for several months. I’m involved with every department, from lighting, sound, music direction, the visual direction. The set list is something I create myself and that’s the root of everything Shania Twain
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 swamps american-english
That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp. Roy Blount, Jr.
roots world care
I have a message for the world, which I will deliver without fear and care for the future. To the reformers I will point out that I am a greater reformer than any one of them. They want to reform only little bits. I want root-and-branch reform. Swami Vivekananda
roots way reform
We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way. Tony Abbott
roots use branches
What we have got to do now is use this event, the resignation of the whole commission, to drive through root and branch reform. Tony Blair
roots rooted
Whoever is uprooted himself uproots others. Whoever is rooted himself doesn't uproot others. Simone Weil
roots modern-life demand
The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to violence. The frenzy of our activity neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our own inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our own work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful. Thomas Merton
roots heaven might
If you don't root for the Dodgers, you might not get into heaven, Tommy Lasorda
roots knowing design
Graphic designers should be literate in graphic design history. Being able to design well is not always enough. Knowing the roots of design is necessary to avoid reinvention, no less inadvertent plagiarism. Steven Heller
roots people hatred
There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most pernicious thing, finding root in any kind of soil. It feeds on itself." "With words. Steven Erikson
roots trying film
I am trying to stay away from this position of me "returning to my roots." As if my roots are that I'm only comfortable working on low-budget, small films. That's not the case at all. Spike Lee
roots desire imbibing
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.
roots self deception
If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it! Robert A. Heinlein
roots
I'm getting back to my old roots. Tiger Woods
roots way alex
Alex Hailey, who traced his roots all the way to the back of the bus. Never got a dinner! Red Buttons
roots circles ancestor
Our ancestors are an ever widening circle of hope. Toni Morrison
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 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 ease branches
I seem restless, but am deeply at ease. Branches tremble; the roots are still. Rumi
roots self self-discovery
Come to the Root of the Root of your Self
roots people tree
People aren't trees, so it is false when they speak of roots. Tom Robbins
roots alaska petitions
Like most Alaska immigrants, my roots continue to petition for equal time. Tom Bodett