Gershwin's tragedy was not that he failed to cross the tracks, but rather that he did, and once there in his new… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness; we do not know its root,… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
The unattended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
My roots were pretty far removed from high income. It's interesting to be back there at the level of income I have… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
The stronghold of the contemplation of Christ's glory affords the soul rest, for it will be made evident that our troubles grow… — John Owen Copy Share Image
My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
In taking Dell private, we plan to go back to our roots, focusing on the entrepreneurial spirit that made Dell one of… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
All these delusions of Divination have their root and foundation from Astrology. For whether the lineaments of the body, countenance, or hand… — Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Copy Share Image
“Often I felt that these men were play-acting: the unreality of their role was their security, even their own destinies were to… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
Since the beginning of my recording career in 1975, I have had a little difficulty because the pop stations think I'm a… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I sincerely believe patriarchy to be at the root of all of our social diseases and feminism, it's antidote, to be a… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Choices are funny things-ask a native tribe that's eaten grubs and roots forever if they're unhappy, and they'll shrug. But give them… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Somewhere close I knew spear-nosed bats flew through the tree crowns in search of fruit, palm vipers coiled in ambush in the… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Detroit was an exaggeration of what was going on across the country. You could see the divisions, even within the Civil Rights… — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
I became intensely aware of the being-ness of trees. The feel of rough sun-warmed bark of an ancient forest giant, or the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I fired a bunch of people and kind of went back to my roots. I fired my agent - I had this… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
“Roots cannot grow into trees if there are no supernatural elements in the soil. Man cannot grow wealthy and famous if he… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Shed no tear - O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more - O, weep no more!… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Seventy-six percent of the American people say we have a spiritual problem in our country. That's great, because now they understand the… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
No man beholds his mother's womb Yet who denies it's there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
We need a clear plan to put radical Islamic terrorism out of vogue, and it should be eliminated at its roots. American… — Brandon Webb Copy Share Image
Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Ive been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms -… — Kurt Angle Copy Share Image
I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm in eastern Tennessee with a very southern lifestyle, so my roots are super country and southern,… — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
If a woman is not fit to manage the internal matters of a house, she is fit for nothing, and should never… — Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford Copy Share Image
No society can change the nature of existence. We can't prevent suffering. This pain and that pain, yes, but not Pain. A… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the… — Stephen Carter Copy Share Image
There's too many sounds in the world! The sounds of the earth are terrible! The roots squeezing and jostling one another through… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society. This is true despite the significant poverty,… — Alan Bersin Copy Share Image
If you get into really learning about the roots of monotheism, it was utterly a radical cultural moment. The Bible was so… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I think I would like to discover a new root where people don't get bored with people singing boring lines but something… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
To be fearless no matter what happens-that is the root of true happiness. To move forward resolutely regardless of what lies in… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a… — Carson Daly Copy Share Image
But even in a telephone booth evil can seep out of the receiver and we must cover it with a mattress, and… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney… — Nicholas Culpeper Copy Share Image
When you become an actor, at some point you look for something that brings you back to your roots. You find something… — Mekhi Phifer Copy Share Image
