Quotes about root
roots erosion way
There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the root cause of the problem. Mike Royko
roots giving identity
I give you the chameleon, whose ability to blend itself into the background tells you all you need to know about the roots of ecology and the foundations of a personal identity Frank Herbert
roots osama-bin-laden hell
I went to see that movie 'From Hell,' or as Osama bin Laden calls it - 'Roots.' Jay Leno
roots branches sin
On tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins. King James I
roots people principles
Like life and people, it is full of paradoxes. Etiquette is based on tradition, and yet it can change. Its ramifications are trivialities, but its roots are in great principles. Millicent Fenwick
roots people underdog
People might look at you as super-weird, but if that's your obsession, go for it. I do like a lot of mainstream stuff, and sometimes I also like different stuff. I tend to always root for the underdog. Kristen Bell
roots evil racism
Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It's not racism and "this-ism" and "that-ism"; it's our thirst and hunger for money. And that's where all the bodies are buried. Ice Cube
roots secret poet
A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away. Ivan Turgenev
roots storm deeper
Storms make oaks take deeper root. George Herbert
roots challenges storm
Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
roots effort matter
It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my system of thought. In the latter case everything has roots, in the former it is merely superficial. Georg C. Lichtenberg
roots solitude purpose
I took a great deal of pleasure in it, and I still feel nostalgic about it. However, I felt that it had led me to live in a parallel world of pure invention, shut inside my solitude. Naturally, it was precisely for that purpose that it was made and that was why I took pleasure in it, but I wanted to regain body and roots. Jean Dubuffet
roots knowing giving
Tradition gives us a sense of solidarity and roots, a knowing there are some things one can count on. Gloria Gaither
roots america political
The most consistent and ultimately damaging failure of political journalism in America (is that it) has its roots in the clubby/cocktail personal relationships that inevitably develop between politicians and journalists. Hunter S. Thompson
roots doe culture
Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things. James Freeman Clarke
roots unity desire
Amid all change, we desire something permanent; amid all variety, something stable; amid all progress, some central unity of life; something which deepens as we ascend; which roots itself as we advance; which grows more and more tenacious of the old, while becoming more and more open to the new.
roots long tree
If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?" said Manwe. "Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?" All have their worth," said Yavanna, "and each contributes to the worth of the others. But the kelvar can flee or defend themselves, whereas the olvar that grow cannot. And among these I hold trees dear. Long in the growing, swift shall they be in the felling, and unless they pay toll with fruit upon their bough little mourned in their passing. So I see in my thought, would that the trees might speak on behalf of all things that have roots, and punish those that wrong them! J. R. R. Tolkien
roots tree mountain
What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? A mountain.
roots stronger way
Something aches at the very core of me, something ancient and deep and stronger than words: the filament that joins each of us to the root of existence, that ancient thing unfurling and resisting and grappling, desperately, for a foothold, a way to stay here, breathe, keep going. Lauren Oliver
roots daisies pulling
Patience stoutly resists pulling up the daisies to see how the roots are doing! Neal A. Maxwell
roots guy villain
The best part of a great movie is a great villain and I usually have a tendency to root for the bad guy. Mark Wahlberg
roots limits plant
If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do. Mark Batterson
roots personality suffering
Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons. Miguel de Unamuno
roots squares square-roots
The square root of nothing. R. D. Laing
roots america imagination
Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African. Nelson Mandela
roots people long
A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support themselves for as long as possible and, when they cannot do so anymore, to care for them.
roots joy mind
When you understand the roots of anger in yourself and in the other, your mind will enjoy true peace, joy and lightness Nhat Hanh
roots pigs want
I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated thistle root. Kingsley Amis
roots common-sense teeth
When you have a cavity in your tooth and you let it get worse, eventually you have to get a root canal. If you have something that isn't right, the earlier you treat it the easier the treatment is going to be. That's kind of common sense. Olivia Newton-John
roots violence ephemeral
While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place. Marcus Tullius Cicero
roots serendipity trying
What I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations. Paul Cezanne
roots industry ugliness
Industry is the root of all ugliness. Oscar Wilde
roots car forever
At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers. Nick Mancuso