Root Finding

Famous quotes containing the words root and/or finding:

    Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out
    Upon the brook that brawls along this wood.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    A child is born with the potential ability to learn Chinese or Swahili, play a kazoo, climb a tree, make a strudel or a birdhouse, take pleasure in finding the coordinates of a star. Genetic inheritance determines a child’s abilities and weaknesses. But those who raise a child call forth from that matrix the traits and talents they consider important.
    Emilie Buchwald (20th century)