A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories. – Maynard James Keenan
A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. – Larry Elder
I always think of a show like a plant – a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn’t pull it out and chop the roots up. – Len Goodman
I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a good boy… but I’d rather be in Roots than Good Times. – John Amos
Not all Republicans are rich, dress in three-piece suits, and have $200 haircuts. I’m somebody who’s lived from paycheck to paycheck. I’m focusing on my blue-collar roots – I’ve worked side by side with union people. – Joe Wurzelbacher
Do you know, that is the root of the whole trouble – has been one of the roots at any rate – is people hearing things and then imagining some more and magnifying it and multiplying it. – John Harvey Kellogg
I also grew up on a farm in east Tennessee, so my roots are just naturally super southern, so I’ve always had that southern country lifestyle. – Kelsea Ballerini
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. – Lester Bangs
I was writing country songs, but I wasn’t listening to country yet. I grew up on a farm in East Tennessee, so my roots are country, you know? But I didn’t know where those songs came from or where they fit. – Kelsea Ballerini
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? – Kate Bush
I’d definitely be up for ‘EastEnders.’ Just the same as I would if ‘Coronation Street’ was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots. – Jack Wild
My theory is the root of a country artist is truth and honesty. For me, I look at Sam Hunt. The truth and the honest thing is we have southern roots, we were raised in a southern way, but we listen to Drake and other stuff, too. – Kelsea Ballerini
I believe that Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship are, and should be, key considerations in shaping U.S. policy in the Middle East. Americans with roots or interests in the region should be involved in advocacy and discussions of public policy concerning the region. – Keith Ellison
My ancestors come from a part of southern China where most villages can trace their roots back at least a thousand years or even more. However, as a typical American, I have lived in four cities and moved at least seven times. – Laurence Yep
When our forefathers put down roots in desolate places, the thing that allowed them to survive was that they had a faith to see them through the tough times. – Lee Greenwood
When I get some time off, I like to go back to my roots in the North East. My family have been around Northumberland for five generations. – Kevin Whately
My roots are Scottish. My dad’s parents are from Scotland, and my mum’s dad is Scots. – Katharine Isabelle
Square Roots creates campuses of climate-controlled, indoor, hydroponic vertical farms, right in the hearts of our biggest cities. – Kimbal Musk
I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots. – Juliet Stevenson
To get the adrenaline pumping between events – or to help me switch off, Jay Z, the Roots and Drake are on my playlist. – Jessica Ennis
I’ve been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms – they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but you’ve got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling. – Kurt Angle
The thing is, we’ve changed our style but we’ve never changed the actual roots of what we’ve done. – John Oates