Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.

- Dinesh D'Souza

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

- Francis Bacon

At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root.

- Fernando Pessoa

Ideas are the root of creation.

- Ernest Dimnet

Women are the root of all evil. I ought to know. I'm Evel.

- Evel Knievel

If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.

- Donald E. Westlake

And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy.

- Denis Norden

I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm interested in writing and getting out there is stories about anti-heroes and people you should just not ordinarily root for - trying to figure out a way of appealing to people they wouldn't normally appeal to.

- Danny McBride

I'm a big root beer guy.

- Dylan O'Brien

Vancouver is the square root of negative one. Technically it shouldn't exist, but it does. I can't imagine living anywhere else.

- Douglas Coupland

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root.'

- Angela Davis

When a character does something appalling but you still want to root for them, I find that the most exciting challenge to play, if you can pull it off. You're not supposed to like it, but you can't help it.

- David Walton

In general, insurers say criticisms of claims-handling are unfair because most policyholders are paid promptly, and some denials are necessary to root out fraud.

- Charles Duhigg

I think I am a radical. I have never deviated from that. By radical, I mean someone trying to go to the root of things.

- Bill Ayers

The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

- Bodhidharma

I've always liked TV shows that have slightly unlikable leads, where you root for them in spite of a lot of things. I know it's not common with shows with young people; they have to be so likable. But, I mean, teenagers just generally aren't very likable. I know I wasn't as a teenager.

- Bo Burnham

The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society.

- Alain Aspect

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

- Alison Bechdel

I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.

- Alan Bennett

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

- Ayn Rand