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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

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 superstitions, man, things

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

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

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

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

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close...

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne about opinion, art, magic, spring, religion

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid...

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Quote by George Washington about liberty

The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the...

The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters.

Quote by James Tobin about economy, disaster, depression

The creative process is like music which takes root with...

The creative process is like music which takes root with extraordinary force and rapidity.

Quote by Piotr Ilici Ceaikovski about creation, force, police, music

The one who did not understood that his time's root...

The one who did not understood that his time's root supports his life tree was born in vain.

Quote by Sorin Cerin about time, life

But, what's the point of all this, when, of course, we've...

But, what's the point of all this, when, of course, we've taken root in oblivion!

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about purpose

Disposed into light – our words used to crumble at the...

Disposed into light – our words used to crumble at the root of a plant that used to learn heavily to bloom.

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about light

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