I don't think there was a thunderclap or a divine spark that suddenly made one species smart. You can see, in our… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
My ancestors came over from Germany about the time of the Civil War and one of them lost a leg and went… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“it was the kind of moon that I would want to send back to my ancestors and gift to my descendants so… — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
My father gave me an old Olympia portable when I was in fourth grade. Our ancestors came from Ireland. Our family stories… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
Somebody would think I was trying to get favored treatment because my ancestors had the name Moon. And that's a joke. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I believe I am connecting to angels and spirit guides and ancestors. All of that is falling under the category of God… — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
Until about 30,000 years ago, there were at least five other species of humans on the planet. Homo Sapiens, our ancestors, lived… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Just as your own existence is unlikely and far from inevitable, the evolution of modern humans as a species depended on a… — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
“The human story is one of continual branching movement, out of Africa to every corner of the globe. When people talk of… — Carolina De Robertis Copy Share Image
Keto is the only diet that heals you internally because absence of carbs means no sugar in your body, as carb transforms… — Zareen Khan Copy Share Image
One of the core ideas of the Bible is that meaning can be found in history. The sheer act of telling and… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“There was no need for a term like ‘magical thinking’ in the Golden Age of Man...there was only genuine everyday magic and… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
Whether as living humans or as mythological figures, ancestors have always played an important role in the African popular and literary imagination.… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners.… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
As you know, the fossil record includes not only the ancestors of crocodiles and whales, but also the ancestors of human beings.… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
I love to read because I know that for a long time ancestors weren't allowed to. I love to write. Because for… — Martellus Bennett Copy Share Image
“Just because I don't believe in YOUR God doesn't mean I don't believe in God. I just choose not to be bound… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“You are the posterity of your family. You are either continuing the progression or regression of your ancestors.” — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, before the advent of capitalism, a man's social status was fixed from the beginning to the end of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
I like to cook, and I tend to make those one-pot meat dishes of my Hungarian ancestors. Also, I make a great… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
We are bound to our ancestors and to those who made us, whether we want to be or not. What matters is… — Kate Elliott Copy Share Image
In arguing that machines think, we are in the same fix as Darwin when he argued that man shares common ancestors with… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I was being groomed as an undergraduate to specialize in Midwestern prehistory, but going back to my teenage days, my interest has… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
“We return to the lives of those who have gone before us, a perplexing mobius strip, until we come home, eventually, to… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
“The way I see it, my ancestors put a lot of effort into getting out of the goddamn ocean and I don’t… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It has been said that a man of genius should select his ancestors with great care - and yet there does not… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“I come from a culture of handwringers, vengeance seekers, people who name children after ancestors by rote -- first child, paternal grandfather,… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
With this realization, came a growing need for men and women willing to take up arms in an effort to protect our… — Jim Walsh Copy Share Image
“It's called evolution. You must know that. Yes, we are.' She looked up from her book. 'I would hope, though,' she went… — David Almond Copy Share Image
Among my European ancestors were piano builders, goldsmiths, and vintners but, to the best of my knowledge, no professionals of any kind. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The American people understand that what makes the nation great is not people's bloodlines or how long ago their ancestors arrived here,… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
Generational change within a genre is hard to parse while it's happening. Only in retrospect can the passing of the baton from… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
