Roots Quotes · Page 23

I have never hid my spiritual roots. They just weren't something that came under the spotlight.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

— Ram Dass

The person who said money is the root of all evil just flat out didn't have any.

— Stuart Wilde

Darkness, air, water, and sky will come together... and shake the forest to its roots.

— Erin Hunter

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

— Confucius

“Compromise is low class. I don't have anything against the poor, but being low class is the root of all evil”

— Novala Takemoto

Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings.

— Jana Kramer

Faith is a principle which hath its root deeper than feelings. We believe, whether we see or not. We believe, whether we…

— Charles Spurgeon

I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to root out all the rottenness there. I no longer believe…

— Etty Hillesum

For once in my life, I wanted to flaunt my Asian side instead of hiding it to fit as somebody else... 'Crazy…

— Jimmy O. Yang

The point for me is people who are atheists or are coming from different religious traditions; they are coming from their own…

— Tariq Ramadan

I have to put down roots where I decide to stay. It wasn't enough for me to be an expatriate Indian in…

— Bharati Mukherjee

For [Karl] Marx what counts is man. He is the root of everything;while for capitalism, the aim are things, profit, and man…

— Erich Fromm

Instead of that liberty which takes root and growth in the progress of reason, if recovered by mere force or accident, it…

— Thomas Jefferson

The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we…

— Merle Shain

I think that the roots of racism have always been economic, and I think people are desperate and scared. And when you're…

— Henry Louis Gates

Caste is a state of mind. It is a disease of mind. The teachings of the Hindu religion are the root cause…

— B. R. Ambedkar

It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those…

— Werner Heisenberg

A conventional valuation which is established as the outcome of the mass psychology of a large number of ignorant individuals is liable…

— John Maynard Keynes

There is plenty of room left for exact experiment in art, and the gate has been opened for some time. What had…

— Paul Klee

I started realizing that one of the great things about opera is that if you make the right kind of story, you…

— Tod Machover

The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of…

— Brigham Young

As the three of them walked home from the trees, nobody needed to say it, but Ama knew. They had questioned their…

— Ann Brashares

The more deeply I search for the roots of the global environmental crisis, the more I am convinced that it is an…

— Al Gore

Man cannot persist long in a conscious state, he must throw himself back into the unconscious, for his root lives there.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.

— Charles R. Swindoll

The roots of the Divine are entrenched in this body. If you nurture the roots, how can you avoid the flowering?

— Jaggi Vasudev

The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the sight of…

— Nicholas Culpeper

I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies

— Henry Paulson

I think 'Roots' is a courageous record with some really cool stuff in it.

— Max Cavalera

“Habits, places and faces grew into you over time, like tree roots burrowing into stone work.”

— Frances Hardinge

I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy. I rock with The Roots like the Giving Tree.

— Talib Kweli

The creative process is like music which takes root with extraordinary force and rapidity

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

This is certainly the raunchiest, if you use that word, raunchy. The roots of Jim Henson, though, was adult comedy.

— Brian Henson

I can't multiply myself out of a paper bag. But when it comes to roots, I'm your man.

— Jerry Newport

Friendship of a kind that cannot easily be reversed tomorrow must have its roots in common interests and shared beliefs.

— Barbara Tuchman

If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do.

— Mark Batterson

Don't over-analyze your marriage; it's like yanking up a fragile indoor plant every 20 minutes to see how its roots are growing.

— Ogden Nash

I'm a huge NBA fan and watch many games each year. Following any sport is kind of bringing us back to our…

— John Mackey

Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. Return to the root and you will find Meaning.

— Sengcan