Roots Quotes

1850 Roots quotes by 1361 unique authors

From the seed grows a root, then a sprout; from the sprout, the seedling leaves; from the leaves, the stem; around the stem, the branches;… — Mary Caroline Richards
It's a risky thing to pray and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing in prayer is… — Thomas Merton
Many people do not allow their principles to take root, but pull them up every now and then, as children do the flowers they have… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
And the miracle is: if you can go into your suffering as a meditation, watching, to the deepest roots of it, just through watching, it… — Rajneesh
Tradition gives us a sense of solidarity and roots, a knowing there are some things one can count on. — Gloria Gaither
Money should never be separated from values. Detached from values it may indeed be the root of all evil. Linked effectively to social purpose it… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Ignorance: the root of all evil. — Plato
I think in a country like mine, violence is at the root of all human relations. — Mario Vargas Llosa
The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is… — Carson McCullers
My roots are still in Britain, that's where I live, that's the place where I come from. — Miranda Richardson
All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction. — Alan Lightman
It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms. — John Millington Synge
I understand people want to hold on to their roots. — Mariah Carey
Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims… — Chuck D
Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals. — Henry Spencer
At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing. — Matt Taibbi
Love is indeed, at root, the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones. — Julian Baggini
The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally… — Ted Cruz
The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was… — Ariel Gore
I don't know if Jesus said it in the Bible, but someone said that 'the love of money is the root of all evil,' and… — Norbert Leo Butz
The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots. — Andrew Bird
You know, I always root for the older athlete. I root for the second album. I root for solo careers after the rock star breaks… — John Cho
I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so… — Antonio Lobo Antunes
I think I am a radical. I have never deviated from that. By radical, I mean someone trying to go to the root of things. — Bill Ayers
I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of… — Ricky Jay

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