Quotes about roots
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
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. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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 tree fruit
You can't have the fruits without the roots. Stephen Covey
roots way winner
Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed. Tug McGraw
roots events remember
My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all. Suzanne Collins
roots bores-you boredom
Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings. Soren Kierkegaard
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 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 do-not-fear bottom
I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root: It is what you fear. I do not fear it: I have been there. Sylvia Plath
roots evil body
The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin.
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