Quotes about roots
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 generosity certain
Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots. Henry David Thoreau
roots events helping
To get the adrenaline pumping between events - or to help me switch off, Jay Z, the Roots and Drake are on my playlist. Jessica Ennis
roots people worry
At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people don't worry unduly about whether they'll be found wanting, they just find too much socializing exhausting and would prefer either to be alone or in the company of a select few people. Jeffrey Kluger
roots century made
Nineteenth-century grass-roots populism made twentieth-century progressivism possible.
roots creating water
People who cling to their illusions find it difficult, if not impossible, to learn anything worth learning: a people under the necessity of creating themselves must examine everything, and soak up learning the way the roots of a tree soak up water. James A. Baldwin
roots levels lockers
You have to know what's happening in the locker rooms, you have to know what's happening at the grass-roots level. That's the best way to work. Jacques Rogge
roots way would-be
I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots. Jack Wild
roots needs
Uprootedness uproots everything except the need for roots. Christopher Lasch
roots space stories
When we let ourselves respond to poetry, to music, to pictures, we are clearing a space where new stories can root, in effect we are clearing a space for new stories about ourselves. Jeanette Winterson