Root Quotes

And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.

For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.

This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and root out al Qaeda and find Osama bin Laden.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.

Do you know, that is the root of the whole trouble - has been one of the roots at any rate - is people hearing things and then imagining some more and magnifying it and multiplying it.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.

Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life.

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.

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 life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!

You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life sickens more than disease. And boldness is the root of beauty. Which draws us together.

Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.

Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as a whole.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

After reaching 50, I began to wonder what the root of life is.

Pain is the root of knowledge.

The representation of the tabernacle arose out of the temple of Solomon as its root, in dependence on the sacred ark, for which there is early testimony, and which in the time of David, and also before it, was sheltered by a tent.

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.

I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair.

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.