Quotes About Roots

Ist die Wurzel einmal befallen, ist der Baum nicht mehr zu retten«, sagte der Gärtner.

Who among us has never been moved to tears, or to tears' invisible counterparts, by mention of the word 'home'? Is there any other word that can feel so heavy as you hold it in your mouth?

But just a few minutes walk away there was a park lined with Banyan trees, their ancient overground roots more enduring than wire rusting in the sea air or guns that jammed with dust or the calculations made today by politicians looking to the next elections.

I left Bulgaria when I was a seventeen-year-old East European, and I am now, by all appearances, a 32-year-old 'global soul'. But everybody needs a borrowed 'us' from time to time, even a global soul. And after half a lifetime and several other countries, the Bulgarian 'us' is still the only honest one I have.

I think growing up, I didn't ever attempt to define my Koreanness. It was just this intrinsic part of me.

I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in.

My parents left Iran in 1979 and moved to France and then moved to the U.S. My brother was born in France and I was born in New York, and then we moved to D.C.

I spend most of my time in London but I come back to Ireland whenever I can.

Ireland is home. And I'd love to move home. That's always been the plan.

My grandparents were all born in the U.S., but their parents came from Ireland.

In Ireland, I have 50-something cousins. My dad is one of six or seven and it's my second home. I am so proud to be from there.

My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?

I'm from Salford, and I don't have any immediate Irish connection.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.

For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us.

I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.

It's not that I don't like American pop; I'm a huge admirer of it, but I think my roots came from a very English and Irish base. Is it all sort of totally non-American sounding, do you think?

All my people are from Ireland. I was born in Manchester, but I am Irish.

There might well have been an Irish great-great-grandfather of mine back then in the 1800s.

My lineage is partially Irish.

I've been really inspired by my roots - my ancestors and Irish history.

I am immensely proud of my Irish roots.