Joe Root Quotes

#1. Religion has always been the picklock of imperialism. Let them try to convert the heathens, and when they fail, we shall send in the French Navy to protect them and our political and commercial interests.

Jules Ferry

#2. Do you miss Susie?"
Because it was dark, because Ruth was facing away from her,because Ruth was almost a stranger, Lindsey said what she felt.
"More than anyone will ever know.

Alice Sebold

#3. Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!

Joe Jamail

#4. Just because you're born in a privileged family and have money doesn't mean you're happy. Happiness you can't buy. Happiness is something you need to work for.

Lapo Elkann

#5. Believe me, were I ever to accomplish anything, it would be in music, which has always attracted me; and, without overestimating myself, I am conscious of possessing a certain creative faculty.

Robert Schumann

#6. There's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

Stephen King

#7. It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart

John Knowles

#8. I also acknowledge that prejudice runs very deep in our society. And, in the real world, discrimination rears its ugly head in the shadows, where it's very difficult to root it out.

Joe Biden

#9. I don't have any kids, so I'm not as worried about my heirs as the rest of you, but still: I think the youth of tomorrow might be better off if they knew the physical sensation of cracking a spine and turning the page.

Lisa Lutz

#10. After my divorce, painting took me out of panic mode and into a serene, calm place. I could absolutely lose myself.

Jane Seymour

#11. I like writing different types of music. I don't like being stuck into one thing.

Sky Ferreira

#12. My brother Gary, who was my coach, five years my elder, studied human movements at Queensland University in Brisbane. We used to train together every day, and we'd train for so long that at the end of a session, we would physically almost collapse.

Matthew Hayden

#13. People are ARITHEMTIC....There are those who DIVIDE and SUBTRACT .And then there are those that ADD and MULTIPLY....Which Arithmetic are you and what arithmetic do you have around you !

Abha Maryada Banerjee

#14. Keep yourselves from idols." The warning isn't given to them because it wasn't a real danger or because there was an off chance someone might fall into idolatry. It was given because this is our root problem on any given day. It is what we, especially as followers of Jesus, must fight against.

Joe Thorn

#15. Legacy doesn't mean a lot because once you have left, even if you are one of the biggest individual shareholders it only means [a small amount of influence]. But it's something I'm very pleased about.

Maurice Levy

#16. You may see by this, that when a woman has formed a project, no one can hinder her from putting it into execution." Then said the two kings:

Henry William Dulcken

#17. ( ... ) a director should tell a story that is close to his own existential experience.

Andrzej Wajda

#18. The tree is only as strong as its roots, and knowledge is the root of power.

Joe Abercrombie