Roots Quotes · Page 40

I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.

— Rick James

Grow as a palm-tree on God's Mount Zion; howbeit shaken with winds, yet the root is fast.

— Samuel Rutherford

Judaism is not just one more religion, but in its way the root of religious evil

— Christopher Hitchens

I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

— Mandy Patinkin

Our philosophies must be rewritten to remove them from the domain of words and "ideas," and to plant their roots firmly in…

— William Vogt

We use the term pop in the art world, as in Pop Art, but we forget that its root is popular -…

— Jeffrey Deitch

Because of our Turkish roots, we still have a very strong relationship with Turkey.

— Ilkay Gundogan

Belief has no place as far as science reaches, and may be first permitted to take root where science stops.

— Rudolf Virchow

I came out of independent film, that's my roots. I used my independent film as a laboratory, and used what I could…

— Nicolas Cage

Faith is the root of all blessings. Believe, and you shall be saved; believe, and you must needs be satisfied; believe, and…

— Jeremy Taylor

People might look at you as super-weird, but if that's your obsession, go for it. I do like a lot of mainstream…

— Kristen Bell

It would be an error to try to build the Kingdom of Heaven upon envy. For nothing that is founded on envy…

— Paracelsus

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

Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root…

— Andrew Murray

I grew up on a farm in eastern Tennessee with a very southern lifestyle, so my roots are super country and southern,…

— Kelsea Ballerini

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

Imagine a smashed stained-glass window, a page torn from a Bible, or a snippet of choral singing. You would still recognize their…

— Martin Lindstrom

“Some species of trees spread root systems underground that interconnect the individual trunks and weave the individual trees into a more stable…

— Rebecca Solnit

That this subject [of imaginary magnitudes] has hitherto been considered from the wrong point of view and surrounded by a mysterious obscurity,…

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

I have the greatest appreciation for [producers] Matt Alvarez and Ice Cube. They put me in Friday after Next, and now this,…

— Terry Crews

Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes; knowing means to "see"…

— Erich Fromm

A trade unionist - of course I am. First, last, and all the time. How else to strike at the roots of…

— Maud Younger

From the beginning, I've stressed that home is something internal, invisible, portable, especially for those of us with roots in many physical…

— Pico Iyer

Aggression, occupation and a repetition of the Holocaust won't bring peace. What we want is a sustainable peace. This means that we…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.

— Richard Mabey

If you're going to fight terrorism, to me, you fight the root causes of terrorism.

— Lupe Fiasco

I am tired of myself in every way. All things, deep down to the secret of their roots, are stained by the…

— Fernando Pessoa

We do not act because we know, but we know because we are called upon to act; the practical reason is the…

— Johann Gottlieb Fichte

There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of…

— Gene Simmons

Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey…

— James Freeman Clarke

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

— Marcus Garvey

A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.

— Larry Elder

But somehow I feel the world is taking me away from my original rock roots of inspiration. Rock and roll is losing…

— Anupam Roy

The story of the British empire helps to explain the roots of most British people: white, black, and Asian.

— Sadiq Khan

I believe I've put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon. I hope so. I hate to feel transplanted.

— Anonymous

I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the…

— Rudy Giuliani

It is the root of all religion that a man knows that he is nothing in order to thank God that he…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I can't root for Jimmie Johnson to win the Nextel Cup b/c of all of his Super Bowl wins.

— Matt Millen

Sturdy gospel roots that go deep into rich spiritual soil strengthen and steady us in times of trial and difficulty.

— David A. Bednar

“I am roots in the earth. I am water that flows. I am grounded. I am Watcher.”

— Veronica Wolff