#root

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#control #describing #every #function #language

Political development should start at the grassroots. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#grassroots #political #should #start

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#been #boundaries #build #compelling #creation

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#cannot #evil #get #money #more

I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#being #birth #constantly #disloyal #enjoying

Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#better #christianity #christians #crusades #east

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#men #misses #observe #root #superstition

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen. ↗

— Kato Kaelin

#happen #i #i think #money #root

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#lies #love #much #root #truth

Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family. ↗