Dead Roots

Famous quotes containing the words dead and/or roots:

    “A low man
    will trade his shawl
    for an ox
    in the dead of winter,
    looking at the breasts
    of that dusky girl
    as if they’re glowing coals.”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    “If the national security is involved, anything goes. There are no rules. There are people so lacking in roots about what is proper and what is improper that they don’t know there’s anything wrong in breaking into the headquarters of the opposition party.”
    —Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980)