Rootle Quotes & Sayings

Jamie was a much a sponge as his grandson, I reflected, watching him rootle about, completely naked and totally unconcerned about it. He took in everything, and seemed able to deal with whatever came his way, no matter how familiar or foreign to his experience.
Anything he could not defeat, outwit, or alter, he simply accepted-rather like the sponge and its embedded shell.
Pursuing the analogy further, I supposed I was the shell. Snatched out of my own small niche by an unexpected strong current, taken in and surrounded by Jamie and his life. Caught forever among the strange currents that pulsed through this outlandish environment. — Diana Gabaldon

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it. — William Hogarth

I kept seeing you as you were. I couldn't forget it. And that you should have become what you are - that does not belong in a rational universe." "No? And the world as you see it around you does?" "You were not the kind of man who gets broken by any kind of world. — Ayn Rand

No money, no church service, no eulogy,no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit. p 354 — Abraham Verghese

There are a ton of foods that are great for you, that's like an indulgence. — Tracee Ellis Ross

Someone told me I had funny facial expressions. I don't know whether I take that as a compliment or not, but. — Lucy Punch

If the hairs on my neck stand up while I'm writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock. — Andrew Pyper

Hitler had a plausible case to argue when he claimed that the Anschluss was only the application of the Wilsonian principle of self-determination. — Alan Bullock

In a future that portends stronger and more-frequent hurricanes striking North America's Atlantic coast, ferocious winds will pummel tall, unsteady structures. Some will topple, knocking down others. Like a gap in the forest when a giant tree falls, new growth will rush in. Gradually, the asphalt jungle will give way to a real one. — Alan Weisman

The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small. — Lao-Tzu

Which statements are true according to the passage?
A) Science, governments, and your doctor should be trusted.
B) 'Comforting her deep into the night' is a euphemism for sneaking candy.
C) The ugliest phrase used in this passage is 'female.'
D) Bad things really do come in threes. — Tupelo Hassman

There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master. — Sogyal Rinpoche

I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV. — William H. Macy

When I am walking in Central Park, I recognize the Italians. Because an Italian, even when he jogs, he's dressed perfect. — Diego Della Valle