OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us. — James Nasmyth Copy Share Image
In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the price we… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
The impossibility of a sequel ever recapturing everything - or anything - about its ancestor never stopped legions of writers from trying,… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
But it really wasn't until three to four years later, when we had an opportunity in the lab to make very detailed… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
“It is so awkward that how our ancestors wasted their whole life and never thought about education or making difference for the… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
When I was a child, my parents took my brothers and me to Port-au-Prince during the summer so we could get to… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
When I heard the truth about my name was not Cassius Clay, like I knew a black man in America named John… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“If you’ve never dealt with your ancestors, let me give you a word of advice. Don’t expect straight answers. And don’t be… — Juliette Harper Copy Share Image
If you look only as Genesis as an allegory, you have a major problem, because if it's an allegory, then tell me… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
There's a belief that wherever your Ancestors took shape from the sticks and stones that formed them, that's home. Ancestors from the… — Kate Wilhelm Copy Share Image
No age can have everthing and in material ways ours is more fortunate than any preceding one. Our ancestors appear to have… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
I love prehistory - particularly the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. These were times when our ancestors made a revolutionary change from… — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
Thousand years ago, we all descended from Africans who left the continent. Those ancestors, we will never know their name. We can… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“We will not blame him for the crimes of his ancestors if he relinquishes the royal rights of his ancestors; but as… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
It's important to remember that we evolved. Now, I know that's a dirty word for some people, but we evolved from common… — Louise Leakey Copy Share Image
I would find myself being inspired by things that I've heard as a kid: Nigerian music or African music, some French music… — Burna Boy Copy Share Image
If anyone can say 'go back,' it's Native Americans. My Pueblo ancestors, despite being targeted at every juncture - despite facing famine… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
There's a line that runs between everyone and their ancestors, and you cannot sever that. Maybe disassociate from those ideas but not… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
As a woman of color, I always pay homage to my ancestors and elders - in the industry in particular - who… — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Copy Share Image
My first attraction to writing novels was the plot, that almost extinct animal. Those novels I read which made me want to… — John Irving Copy Share Image
When we censor our history by disguising our scars, we belittle this process and the struggles our ancestors fought so hard to… — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
I traveled to Ireland to research 'Sandcastles,' to visit the coastline where my ancestors looked toward America, the tiny town they once… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
There is no moral high ground from which President Trump or any of his followers can tell anyone to leave this country,… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
“Our ancestors believed that they were not born complete. There was someone out there with a part of their heart and soul.… — Eden Cole Copy Share Image
“Papuan ancestors never stood before the world begging for the right to exist. They carved their existence into the mountains, forests, clans,… — Yamin Kogoya Copy Share Image
“If you look deep into the palm of your hand, you will see your Parents and all generations of your Ancestors. All… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What do you think happens after we die? We don't know. The establishment will say, 'Your neurons will stop firing. Your body… — Viktor Hovland Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, bathrooms didn't exist. The bathroom's development has not been a straightforward matter, and you might be surprised to… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
“We are the subjects, and so is everything around us, of all manner of subtle and inexplicable influences: and if our ancestors… — Catherine Crowe Copy Share Image
The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
To turn our hearts to our fathers is to search out the names of our deceased ancestors and to perform the saving… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 if you were black and looked… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
“It’s important to honor your ancestors. Bringing in a piece of furniture or an object you’ve inherited from a loved one not… — Jeffrey A. Wands Copy Share Image
Humanity is still advancing; and it will probably continue to advance for hundreds of thousands of years more, always on condition that… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
Much as I wish it were not so, we do live in a dangerous world. It has, in fact, always been this… — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
Black Girl Magic means that I have the power to overcome anything. Especially when we're in a world where you're told that… — Michelle Carter Copy Share Image
