Let first the onion flourish there, Rose among roots, the maiden-fair, Wine-scented and poetic soul Of the capacious salad bowl. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
A lesser moustache, under the impact of that quick, agonised expulsion of breath, would have worked loose at the roots. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure? — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider pleasure at its roots. Changing out of wet shoes and socks, for instance. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Yoga can get at the roots of issues that cause behaviors leading to obesity, heart disease, and stress. — Tara Stiles 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
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
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
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
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
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
Life is also busy transporting and overturning the soils of earth, the stones, and the minerals. The miles-long drifts of sea kelp… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. I find flawed characters much more interesting… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
When the wilderness movement emerged, it emerged separate from the issue of social inequality and the economic problems of survival. It was… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
...the science of calculation also is indispensable as far as the extraction of the square and cube roots: Algebra as far as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Secretary of state Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of this problem... economic, diplomatic,… — Barbara Lee Copy Share Image
The roots of the Palestinian conflict must be sought in history. The Holocaust and Palestine are directly connected with one another. And… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
In a really equal democracy, every or any section would be represented, not disproportionately, but proportionately. ... Unless they are, there is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“A tree stands strong not by its fruits or branches, but by the depth of its roots.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Whoever is uprooted himself uproots others. Whoever is rooted himself doesn't uproot others. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil. — Ovid Copy Share Image
I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC. — Adrian Grenier Copy Share Image
Maybe we're grass—our roots so interdependent that no one is dead as long as someone is still alive. — John Green Copy Share Image
A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take… — Napoleon Bonaparte 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
When you are up against a wall, put down roots like a tree, until clarity comes from deeper sources to see over… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pleasure is nought but virtue's gayer name-- I wrong her still, I rate her worth too low: Virtue the root, and pleasure… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I think it is important to maintain your personality, your roots, very important. — Paz Vega Copy Share Image
I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly. Deborah Norville” — Deborah Norville Copy Share Image
My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African. — Teresa Heinz Copy Share Image
I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I'd always thought Cage's 'Root of an Unfocus' would be great in a movie. — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll. — Hozier Copy Share Image
