Roots Quotes · Page 15

“Be as strong as the roots and as free as the leaves.”

— Peter Yeremenko

To kill the grass you must also remove the root

— Pol Pot

Is the square root of hate the same thing as love times love?

— Eugene Mirman

impulses sometimes have logical roots and ought to be given in to.

— Susan Moody

“If we are the trees, words are our roots; and we grow as we write”

— Munia Khan

You wash the roots very carefully before you plant.

— Howard Rheingold

Faith takes root in the insignificant.

— Nancy Willard

“The taller a tree the deeper its roots.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The main part of the tree is the root, and the root is always beneath the ground. It never is brought out…

— Malcolm X

“Men? One never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot.

— Ben Jonson

Unless you have strong roots in films, music, art, painting, or theatre, you can't talk high and think internationally.

— Shabana Azmi

I manage every player as well as I possibly can, regardless of which club they're from, what their roots are.

— Gareth Southgate

We have our roots in country, and that's our foundation, but we pull from a lot.

— Dave Haywood

Uprooting is by far the most dangerous of the ills of human society, for it perpetuates itself.

— Simone Weil

'Maruvarthai' was an exciting song for me because it showcased my Carnatic roots.

— Sid Sriram

Brittany might not boast the biggest collection of Michelin stars in France, but when it comes to produce, you quickly realise that…

— Rachel Khoo

The roots of creativity of cooking are hungry people trying to figure out how to take something that's not particularly fresh or…

— Anthony Bourdain

The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more…

— Ramana Maharshi

I still love to go back to Mitchell [his home town] and wander up and down those streets. It just kind of…

— George McGovern

When we debunk a fanatical faith or prejudice, we do not strike at the root of fanaticism. We merely prevent its leaking…

— Eric Hoffer

And believe it or not, a new record from Philly's greatest, the Roots. It's kind of bitter sweet, to be honest. Well,…

— Mike Pesca

Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who…

— Jim Butcher

I know that I come from a place of small-town roots and of humble beginnings and I try to keep those things…

— Morgan Wallen

The hidden so-called scholars of old did not hide themselves and refuse to be seen. They did not close the door on…

— Zhuangzi

You see, the Mets are losers, just like nearly everybody else in life. This is the team for the cab driver who…

— Jimmy Breslin

Education had been a great gift for him [Ziauddin]. He believed that lack of education was the root of all the Pakistan's…

— Malala Yousafzai

In an old song the Mother sings: 'My sleeping is my dreaming, my dreaming is my thinking, my thinking is my wisdom.'…

— Meinrad Craighead

What's great about TV, and what I love about being on 'Parenthood,' is you have this family. I'm now going on four…

— Dax Shepard

dive for dreams or a slogan may topple you (trees are their roots and wind is wind) trust your heart if the…

— Anonymous

Try to understand why it is happening, from where it is coming, where the roots are, how it happens, how it functions,…

— Rajneesh

All sorts of dung and compost contain some matter which, when mixed with the soil, ferments therein; and by such ferment dissolves,…

— Jethro Tull

I am charismatic with roots of the Pentecostal.

— Oral Roberts

The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

— Ziggy Marley

I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.

— Craig Charles

Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.

— Cato the Younger

My professional and personal roots in Alabama are deep and lasting.

— Coretta Scott King

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.

— John Lydon

Fear and ignorance are the key roots to racism.

— Timothy Long

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

— Marco Pierre White