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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a...

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.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about money

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted...

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.

Quote by Arnold Palmer

When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level.

Quote by Lester Bangs about things

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a...

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

Quote by Francis Bacon about man, things

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.

Quote by Ansel Adams about originality, force, police, creation, fight, human imperfections, spirit, man

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from...

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about soul, things

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Quote by Aristotel about education, bitter

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.

Quote by George W. Bush about patience, judges, purpose, religion, common sense, sense

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about flowers, glory, fall

His Holiness is my root guru, and he's been quite tough...

His Holiness is my root guru, and he's been quite tough with me at times.

Quote by Richard Gere

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I...

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

Bret, the way he left WWF, wasn't like he was the Ultimate Warrior come to the WWF for a few months and then he just left, he really wasn't rooted in the company.

Quote by Owen Hart about companies

There's been a lot of guys who've come to the WWF, and...

There's been a lot of guys who've come to the WWF, and they really didn't have the roots, feelings for the company, and the people they worked with.

Quote by Owen Hart about feelings, companies, people

Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.

Quote by Michael Jackson about parents, children, money, power, love

I grew up between the two world wars and received a rather solid general education, the kind middle class children enjoyed in a country whose educational system had its roots dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.

Quote by George Andrew Olah about education, children, country, world

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

Quote by Gilbert Parker about imagination, love

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.

Quote by C. Northcote Parkinson about flowers, nature

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk...

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

Quote by Alan Parsons about music, style, rocks, artists, real estate

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Quote by Dolly Parton

And also, isn't the root of the word zombie from...

And also, isn't the root of the word zombie from somnambulist, which means sleepwalker. By the very running immediately stops them from being zombies.

Quote by Simon Pegg about word, being

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