Roots Quotes · Page 22

Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.

— Henry David Thoreau

Passion, that thing of beauty, that flowering without roots, has to be born, live and die without reason.

— Georgette Leblanc

“My roots are ready, but I’ll manage to grow only with the help of others. Not just you or J. or my…

— Paulo Coelho

People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.

— Wayne Gretzky

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

— Carl Sandburg

I was always taught to be myself, be honest, and be true to my roots.

— Christina Tosi

Everything I write now might have roots in myths, often disguised,often dissolved into new multi-ethnic myths of my own making.

— Vera Nazarian

The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain.

— Keith Ablow

I think that the campaign that Fox Searchlight has thrown for 'Sound of My Voice' honors the film's roots and the film's…

— Zal Batmanglij

A good start in life is as important to plants as it is to children: they must develop strong roots in a…

— Vita Sackville-West

Even if I am French, I have African roots. Helping African sport to develop is something that is very important to me.…

— Kylian Mbappe

In one word, one should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering. It is the…

— Sarada Devi

I was impressed by a program called New Roots, which helps women refugees from countries in conflict to start new lives in…

— Rebecca Pidgeon

The cool thing about superheroes is that they all have these very human roots, and that brings them all together and makes…

— Juliana Harkavy

The magical tapestry that 'Midnight's Children' unfolded became a part of a journey of self-discovery as I spent time close to my…

— Satya Bhabha

King George III may have been a greedy ‘control freak,’ but at least he was a Christian. The United States is being…

— Larry Klayman

Spindly branches of buttercups were secreted among gleaming stems still moist at the roots from last night's rain that had washedand refreshed…

— Angela Carter

“You yearn to stay in this in-between place, where the beauty of the times you have freshly bade farewell to is still…

— Agnes Chew

When we teach a child to sing or play the flute, we teach her how to listen. When we teach her to…

— Jane Alexander

I forget what the official name of it was, but they did an all-day of roots music - every kind of music…

— Scotty Moore

I know now that he who hopes to be universal in his art must plant in his own soil. Great art is…

— Diego Rivera

You can’t hate the roots of the tree without ending up hating the tree. You can’t hate your origin without ending up…

— Malcolm X

We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes…

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

I have watched the river and the sea for a lifetime. I have seen rivers rob soil from the roots of trees…

— Keri Hulme

If there is to be an ecologically sound society, it will have to come the grass roots up, not from the top…

— Paul Hawken

The moment God put a dream in your heart, the moment the promise took root, God not only started it, but He…

— Joel Osteen

Always be true to yourself, what you believe, and where you came from...you'll need those roots sooner or later.

— Anonymous

Is where you're from the place you're leaving or where you have roots?

— Sara Gruen

After all, the seeds of depression cannot take root in a grateful heart.

— Andy Andrews

When I was in charge of the Christian Coalition I was available to mobilize grass roots support for somebody.

— Pat Robertson

Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root?

— William Congreve

I'm delighted to be returning to my California roots and joining Google.

— Ruth Porat

If there is no fruit in sanctification, there is no root in regeneration.

— Steven J Lawson

Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere.

— Simon Kuper

Family, like branches on a tree,we all grow in different directions, yet our roots remain the same.

— Lena

I would argue that the issue of God and the issue of science have the same roots.

— Dinesh D'Souza

Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?

— Khalil Gibran

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

— Anonymous

The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Yoga can get at the roots of issues that cause behaviors leading to obesity, heart disease, and stress.

— Tara Stiles