Roots Quotes · Page 20

I didn't know where this stuff was coming from - all of a sudden I was a little magickal sprite, bonding with…

— Cate Tiernan

But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never.

— Edvard Munch

I've been really inspired by my roots - my ancestors and Irish history.

— Kate Nash

The belief that we can manage the Earth and improve on Nature is probably the ultimate expression of human conceit, but it…

— Rene Dubos

I'm sad to say that I've never really kept in touch with my Scottish roots. We never went up there when I…

— David Essex

It's about panic. It's about fear. It's about instilling the American populace with terror, dread, and apprehension about the future. It's all…

— Rush Limbaugh

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

— Pema Chodron

Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing…

— Patrick Rothfuss

It was a mystery to me, how the tuning was, or the style seemed to come out of nowhere, it obviously had…

— Eric Clapton

To me it's a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root... To give meaning to where…

— Richard Leakey

Ideas are the roots of creation.

— Ernest Dimnet

People who have been wronged will attempt to right the wrong; they would not be people if they didn't. They can rarely…

— James A. Baldwin

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

— Katharine Isabelle

Someone suggested elocution lessons but there is no way I am changing my accent, I'm proud of my roots.

— Sara Davies

It's important to evolve without ever straying too far from your roots and what established you.

— Jim Root

I am a strong believer that as one moves toward the future, the strongest and clearest way to do it is if…

— Cesar Pelli

A lesser moustache, under the impact of that quick, agonised expulsion of breath, would have worked loose at the roots.

— Anonymous

To get the adrenaline pumping between events - or to help me switch off, Jay Z, the Roots and Drake are on…

— Jessica Ennis

A weapon based on Time . . ." mused Viktor Mulciber. "Well, why not? The one force no one knows how to…

— Thomas Pynchon

Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust…

— Lucy Larcom

“Someone asked me what home was, and all I could think of were the stars on the tip of your tongue, the…

— Anonymous

What is basically just an IQ score has roots in education, socioeconomic status, genetics, and environmental factors. Looking at any one of…

— Kyle Hill

“The seed of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.”

— Joseph Henry

Zerts' are what I call desserts. 'Trée-trées' are entrées. I call sandwiches 'sammies,' 'sandoozles,' or 'Adam Sandlers.' Air conditioners are 'cool blasterz'…

— Aziz Ansari

So in my personal opinion, I definitely feel like I'm a legendary emcee, and I also feel like we're a legendary brand,…

— Black Thought