It seems hopeless, hopeless. Those who eat meat [at public expense] are a mean, selfish lot, and so the country is doomed.… — Yoshida Shoin Copy Share Image
I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
No hardy perennial has the enduring quality of hope. Cut it to the roots, stamp it underfoot, let frost and fire work… — Rachel Field Copy Share Image
We have hopes and make plans, and if they are dashed or waylaid, we naturally rationalize and redraw the map to locate… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
The roots that weave up my right arm and onto my neck are my way of connecting with the earth: the earth's… — Jeff Hardy Copy Share Image
“To have deep roots in a place means having dead buried there. It is almost that literal, the dead forming your bond… — Julene Bair Copy Share Image
The common root, of course, comes out of Africa. That's the pulse.The African pulse. It's all the way back from . .… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm… — Danny McBride Copy Share Image
“The Hell's Angels are very definitely a lower-class phenomenon, but their backgrounds are not necessarily poverty-stricken. Despite some grim moments, their parents… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
And that is how Goodwin problems were always fixed. Fix them on the surface but don't go to the root, always ignoring… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Values, both those that we approve and those that we don't, have roots as deep as creosote rings, and live as long… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Our root fantasy is that "I" am real and that it's possible for "me" to be happy. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor… — Abdul Qadeer Khan Copy Share Image
I've said in the primary race repeatedly that a Labour Party that I lead would be a true red Labour Party, be… — David Cunliffe Copy Share Image
I come from an area of southern England that is utterly homogenous. All the history near me is about royalty and fealty,… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I think any smart businessman would go where the money is bigger, but I also feel like you don't forget your roots… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
And so much of my life has been about returning home and longing for home, wanting my children to know about my… — Sela Ward Copy Share Image
My gender has roots in my brain, possibly biochemical ones, living very close to the roots of my self-image... Far, far closer… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea,… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
An infallible Remedy for the Tooth-ach, viz Wash the Root of an aching Tooth, in Elder Vinegar, and let it dry half… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
