Roots Quotes - Page 35

• What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

  Gautama Buddha

  Lying, Evil, Envy

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• A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!

  Gautama Buddha

  Sweet, Men, Two

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• Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming.

  Tony Hoare

  Evil, Simplicity, Debugging

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• Hip hop is expression..our roots and culture..Its your duty to contribute uniqueness to this artform. Desire of bringing somethin new, improved, witty and soul touching is what bein an m.c. is all about. I wanted my intelligence to be heard in my lyrics..I wanted the pain to be felt...and the happiness i encountered. Bein an m.c. takes originality, style, imagination, delivery, intelligence and presence.

  Larry Bakersfield

  Witty, Pain, Expression

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• My mama didn't see it comin, my daddy was there.
  What's my excuse? Cartoons were the root.
  Started with Yosemite Sam
  With the gun in the palm of the hand,
  What couldn't I demand?

  Pusha T

  Rap, Gun, Hands

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• I don't write fantasy, I write reality. Also, my novels have roots to Greek tragedies and as such, there has to be tragedy.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Writing, Reality, Greek

  Interview with Jennifer Levitsky, www.bookreporter.com. April 28, 1998.

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• I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense.

  Jerry Wexler

  Respect, Real, Singing

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• Jacobins, I have a truth to tell you. You do not know your most deadly enemies; they are the constitutional priests. It is they who protest most in the provinces against anarchists, disorganisers, Dantonism, Robespierrism, Jacobinism... Do not cherish any longer the popular errors; cut at the roots of superstition! Declare openly that the priests are your enemies.

  Jean-Paul Marat

  Cutting, Errors, Enemy

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• Children will, in my dream, be taught that laziness and narcissism are at the very root of human evil, and why this is so. . . . They will come to know that the natural tendency of the individual in a group is to forfeit his or her ethical judgment to the leader, and that this tendency should be resisted. And they will finally see it as each individual's responsibility to continually examine himself or herself for laziness and narcissism and then to purify themselves accordingly.

  M. Scott Peck

  Dream, Children, Responsibility

  M. Scott Peck (2015). “The People Of The Lie”, p.291, Random House

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• If a man considers that he is born, he cannot avoid the fear of death. Let him find out if he has been born or if the Self has any birth. He will discover that the Self always exists, that the body that is born resolves itself into thought and that the emergence of thought is the root of all mischief. Find from where thoughts emerge. Then you will be able to abide in the ever-present inmost Self and be free from the idea of birth or the fear of death.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Fear, Men, Self

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• Ten years have passed since a perfect blue sky morning turned into the blackest of nights. Since then we've lived in sunshine and in shadow, and although we can never unsee what happened here, we can also see that children who lost their parents have grown into young adults, grandchildren have been born and good works and public service have taken root to honor those we loved and lost.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Morning, Children, Taken

  "Obama: Decade Since 9/11 a Story of American Resilience". www.foxnews.com. September 11, 2011.

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• What I've learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means "to pull from." Education does not mean jamming information into somebody's head. Rather, it's that ancient idea that all knowledge is within us; to teach is to help somebody pull it out of themselves.

  Alan Arkin

  Teaching, Mean, Ideas

  "What I've Learned: Alan Arkin" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. February 25, 2007.

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• When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.

  Richard Roeper

  Team, Home, Inspirational Team

  Richard Roeper (2007). “Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz”, p.196, Chicago Review Press

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

  Simon Kuper

  Soccer, Fans, Fanatics

  "Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the US, Japan, Australia, TurkeyÑand Even IraqÑAre Destined to Become the Kings of the WorldÕs Most Popular Sport". Book by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski, August 6, 2009.

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• We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.

  Carl Icahn

  Real, America, Democracy

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• Family is the root of all that is good in our lives, and I am so grateful for mine.

  Ivana Trump

  Life, Family, Grateful

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• The frying pan you should give to your enemy. Food should not be prepared in fat. Our bodies are adapted to a stone age diet of roots and vegetables.

  Denis Parsons Burkitt

  Science, Vegetables, Giving

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• Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots?

  Pablo Neruda

  Tree, Splendor

  Pablo Neruda (1991). “The book of questions”, Copper Canyon Pr

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• Dig deep into your heart, where the answer spreads its roots in your being, and ask yourself solemnly, Must I write?

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Writing, Heart, Answers

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• The seed of a tree has the nature of a branch or twig or bud. It is a part of the tree, but if separated and set in the earth to be better nourished, the embryo or young tree contained in it takes root and grows into a new tree.

  Isaac Newton

  Tree, Bud, Earth

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• Do we root for Michael Corleone in the 'Godfather' films? I think so, even if he is a monster.

  Jacques Audiard

  Thinking, Monsters, Film

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• Our destiny and ultimate fate depend upon our daily decisions. . . .Tomorrow's joy or tomorrow's despair has its roots in decisions we make today. . . . Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Fate, Destiny, Men

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• Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one book read aloud, one song, and one family meal at a time. They know that the influence of righteous, conscientious, persistent, daily parenting is among the most powerful and sustaining forces for good in the world. The health of any society, the happiness of its people, their prosperity, and their peace all find common roots in the teaching of children in the home.

  L. Tom Perry

  Song, Prayer, Children

  "Mothers Teaching Children in the Home". General Conference, www.lds.org. April 2010.

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• Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Civilization, Foundation, Christianity

  Dinesh D'Souza (2008). “What's So Great about Christianity”, Tyndale House Pub

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• Whatis the root of all these words?
  One thing: Love.
  But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed.

  Hafez

  Sweet, Color, Sound

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