Roots Quotes

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 called religious.

Waters are distilled out of Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, and Roots.

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

I originally had an idea about a family of people who were homeless, just traveling around without any solid roots or any home, who made their way around working wherever they could. I started it with them. The idea of Joe as a protagonist came along a little later.

Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.

I'm trying to buy a house and set some sense of roots because otherwise you're constantly chasing one job after another, and you look back and you've had all these very extraordinary experiences with extraordinary people, but there's not a line of continuity to it.

You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time.

To me, Sabbath was always JUSt a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier.

The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics.

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

I would argue that the issue of God and the issue of science have the same roots.

I think everyone roots for the underdog.

I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.

It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really wanted me to go back on stage and do the Supremes music, so I went about trying to make it happen. We'll go on tour in the summer.

The roots of Cuban music are in my head.

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

I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as well as funk and jazz.

I think it is important to maintain your personality, your roots, very important.

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.

I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.

All my roots are still in the prarie country of the Middle West.

I believe it is important for the university to always remember its roots.

I came out of independent film, that's my roots.

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.

The roots of homophobia are fear. Fear and more fear.

In the nineties I was doing those Blues Bureau records, but over the past two years, I have really gone back to my Christian roots and have been born again.

I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.