Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree to its leaves.

Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.

I always give one actor an emotion to make it very easy so he or she can root to it.

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

Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue.

We can't have self-government without the self-confidence that is at the root of it.

Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!

Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals.

Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit.

Growing up in the U.S., music became a way for me to find my roots and anchor points.

Love is indeed at root the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.

I do not think there is a woman in whom the roots of passion shoot deeper than in me.

Darwinism is a pagan religion whose roots go back to the Sumerians and Ancient Egypt.

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

If not for the Tea Party, the Republican Party would not be coming back to its roots.

I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.

I can't multiply myself out of a paper bag. But when it comes to roots, I'm your man.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

kindnesses have wings and roots ... wings that never droop, and roots that never die.

Our country is an agriculture-based country. And slowly, we are forgetting our roots.

The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

We need to discover the root causes of success rather than the root causes of failure.

I'm really in touch with my Italian roots. My mom's whole side of the family is there.

Attachment is the root cause of all misery. Possessiveness is nourishment for the ego.

Every creation is, at its root, the struggle between potential form and imitated form.

Darkness, air, water, and sky will come together... and shake the forest to its roots.

We can't fix the real problems if we only cauterize and don't treat the roots of evil.

He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil.

People who achieve access to the deepest roots of their freedom can completely change.

Nineteenth-century grass-roots populism made twentieth-century progressivism possible.

I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.

Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere.

The Roots know how to give their audience some medicine without them even realizing it.

My roots are still in Britain, that's where I live, that's the place where I come from.

Doctrine once sown strikes deep its root, and respect for antiquity influences all men.

I'm a biologist who has been interested in the biological roots of cognitive phenomena.

My mother told me when I left for college, 'Never forget your roots,' and I never have.

One of my best friends while shooting 'Roots' was Vic Morrow, the guy that whips Kunta.

I was born in New Jersey and lived there until I was about 10, so Jersey is in my roots.

The Jew is a devil in human form. It is fitting that he be exterminated root and branch.

'Roots' did show that the audience would be receptive to black talent and a black story.

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

Because until we write it down, we don't know what is actually at the root of our lives.

Roots can live without branches, although truncated; branches cannot live without roots.

We have very strong roots in Italy and we are committed to deepen these roots even more.

Growing up in east Tennessee gave me my country roots, my twang, and a lot of my stories.

I really consider myself a Californian, but I have those great comedic roots in Brooklyn.

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