Roots Quotes

1850 Roots quotes by 1361 unique authors

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry… — Dick Gregory
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. — Charles Caleb Colton
'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.' — Mason Cooley
Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will… — Billy Corgan
As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been… — Billy Corgan
I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power. — Patricia Cornwell
Waters are distilled out of Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, and Roots. — Nicholas Culpeper
Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root.' — Angela Davis
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for… — Daniel Dennett
I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest. — Gail Devers
My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all. — Junot Diaz
I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that. It's my roots, my origins, and it's… — Celine Dion
The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't… — Freeman Dyson
It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or… — Umberto Eco
A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. — Larry Elder
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They… — Jimmy Fallon
We picked the Red Sox because they lose. If you root for something that loses for 86 years, you're a pretty good fan. You don't… — Jimmy Fallon
I was into the Mets because my Dad worked at IBM where he got free Mets tickets, so I was into the Mets... then I… — Jimmy Fallon
My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me… — Alex Haley
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people. — Alex Haley
We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat,… — Nhat Hanh
If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in… — Nhat Hanh
I hope that Americans will give careful and well-informed thought to root causes and historical realities, in which case I think they will question why… — Ismail Haniyeh
However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be… — Garrett Hardin

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