root Quotes
Daily selection of quotes about root.
“Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.”
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.”
- Ron Fournier
“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.”
- Lech Walesa
“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.”
- Plutarch
“There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the root cause of the problem.”
- Mike Royko
“Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.”
- George Washington Carver
“Seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.”
- Joseph Henry
“The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.”
- Robertson Davies
“Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.”
- Gilbert Parker
“Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.”
- Abraham Joshua Heschel