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Quotes About Root

An algebraic integer of degree two is simply a root of a quadratic polynomial of the form X2 + aX + b with a, b ordinary integers.
~ Timothy Gowers
Unless you're from Cleveland, northeast Ohio, you really don't understand. It's a sense of pride that we have. You just kind of root for the teams in that area.
~ Mitchell Trubisky
The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all of man's slavery.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
~ Daniel Dafoe
These regions very likely underlie what traditional texts see as the root causes of suffering—attachment and aversion—where the mind becomes fixated on wanting something that seems rewarding or on getting rid of something unpleasant.
~ Daniel Goleman
We're on our way to discovering what lies at the very root of your fear and loathing of the Leaver life. We're on our way to discovering why you feel you must carry the revolution forward even if it destroys you and the entire world. We're on our way to discovering what your revolution was a revolution against.
~ Daniel Quinn
If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a non-supportive root such as fear, anger or the need to 'prove' yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.
~ T. Harv Eker
The folly at the root of this foolish economy began with the idea that a corporation should be regarded, legally, as a person.
~ Wendell Berry
In this brief Sabbath now, time fit To be eternal. Such a bliss Of bloom's no ornament, but root And light, a saving loveliness, Starred firmament here underfoot.
~ Wendell Berry
My Mind became the root of my life rather than its sublimation
~ Wendell Berry
The root of the greatest errors in philosophy lies in projecting our human purposes, criteria and preferences into the objective universe.
~ Will Durant
When thought is closed in caves, then love shall show its root in deepest hell.
~ William Blake
It was the root of street cool, too, the knowing posture that implied connection, invisible lines up to the hidden levels of influence.
~ William Gibson
The theorizing mind tends always to the over-simplification of its materials. This is the root of all that absolutism and one-sided dogmatism by which both philosophy and religion have been infested.
~ William James
Our heart is a garden, which the good God has given us to cultivate, and we must always be aware of the weeds that grow without observation. It is necessary that we should unceasingly apply ourselves to the cultivation of the good and the extraction of the evil which might take root.
~ Christoph von Schmid
How does a pastor get to know the listeners as "congregation" so that the Word can take root and grow in local soil? Craddock recommends three strategies: formal, informal, and empathetic imagi- nation.45
~ Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
Death is the abiding mystery that is the root of all religions, except Scientology, which doesn't count because I refuse to consider seriously anything that Tom Cruise believes in.
~ Lewis Black
Under President Obama, we saw an unwarranted extension of amnesty programs which neglected the root of the illegal immigration crisis. We saw a troubling lack of urgency in addressing the sanctuary cities which subvert the rule of law.
~ Luther Strange
Arithon; the word brought Asandir to sharp attention. Whoever had named this prince had known what they were about, for the Paravian root of meaning was 'forger', not of metals, but of destiny.
~ Janny Wurts
To me, freedom of speech and debate are necessary inputs in solving any of our nation's problems, from homelessness and economic inequality to banking, the environment, and national security. Freedom of speech is what Larry Lessig would call a 'root' issue; working on free speech is striking at a root issue.
~ Marvin Ammori
There's nothing more marvelously wintery than orange root veg mash; some butter is all it needs.
~ Yotam Ottolenghi
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
~ Mencius
Teaching is seeing the world. The new world. Seeing a student like you take root, ready to flower and bloom any day.
~ Tom Schulman
Seventeen times in the New Testament, some variation of "Grace and peace to you" is used in expressing blessing to God's people. In bringing God's grace to mankind, Jesus also brought the peace every Old Testament believer had sought. The fact that grace is always used first indicates that grace is the root of what God did for us through Jesus, while peace follows as the fruit of His gracious work.
~ Unknown