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What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? A mountain.

All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater.

I've got my roots in Northern Ireland - my biological father's side of the family were from Belfast.

I had rather get a root canal without anesthesia than to call your customer service office for help.

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea.

If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.

My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.

If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all.

A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

Tradition gives us a sense of solidarity and roots, a knowing there are some things one can count on.

The roots of all commonwealth are planted in the understanding that we are all the same human beings.

You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit.

But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never.

We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.

If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do.

I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.

I felt a longing to compose a radical or root poem that would speak to what has its back turned to me.

I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies

Shallow breathing is the root of all evil but conscious deep breathing restores and secures our souls.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

The root and the flower have to trust each other. If the root does not trust, the plant won't blossom.

Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.

Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.

We dare not forget, lest we become a nation that does not only not know its roots but where it’s going

I'm still very much a West Virginia boy. I haven't forgotten my roots, because that's really who I am.

Genuine philosophical problems are always rooted outside philosophy and they die if these roots decay.

Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.

You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.

Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.

pity and charity may be at root an attempt to propitiate the dark powers that have not touched us yet.

It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.

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

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

We really wanted our characters to be very Latin-based because we've always been so proud of our roots.

Yoga can get at the roots of issues that cause behaviors leading to obesity, heart disease, and stress.

Managers must have the discipline not to keep pulling up the flowers to see if their roots are healthy.

Someone suggested elocution lessons but there is no way I am changing my accent, I'm proud of my roots.

A great part of human suffering has its root in the nature of man, and not in that of his institutions.

Whenever I watch the beginning of Jimmy Fallon, I feel like I should sue the Roots for bait and switch.

He who trifles with truth cuts at the root of Ahimsa [non-violence]. He who is angry is guilty of Himsa.

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.

When you attack the roots of sin, fix your thought more on the God you desire than on the sin you abhor.

I wouldn't want to disappoint my fans by doing anything exciting. You've got to stay true to your roots.

At the roots, people are still people. That's why Shakespeare is so popular no matter what the language.

Real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root.

By unrighteousness man prospers, gains what appears desirable, conquer enemies, but perishes a the root.

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