Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“The best of your ancestors and the magic of the cosmos is in your DNA.” — Jan Porter Copy Share Image
“I’m not descended from anybody. All my ancestors are ascending from me.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Our ancestors who changed the world did so through new ideas which came to them as they acted. — Raymond Charles Barker Copy Share Image
“We should have known much more than our ancestors. But if we learn less, we're much more stupid than them.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I hope that we will honor our ancestors and our future generations. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month! Thank my ancestors for providing a firm foundation for me and my people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“I am the now of the then. My body is the embodiment of all my ancestors who came before me. They live… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“I carry within me the heart of a warrior, the mind of a pharaoh, the soul of a goddess and the wisdom… — grace gegenheimer Copy Share Image
We rarely know who our ancestors were. Who can even remember the names of their great-grandparents? They have vanished into the dim… — Dmitri Volkogonov Copy Share Image
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely… — Wilbur Wright Copy Share Image
It is not altogether a bad thing to have criminal ancestors. An arsonist grandfather may bequeath one a nose for smelling smoke. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Our Phoenician ancestors never left anything they undertook unfinished. Consider what they accomplished in their days, and the degree of culture they… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
The ancestors are very much invested in the children, because the children are the ones who are going to continue the world… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
I knew I had that Cajun heritage, that Acadian heritage; I just feel it. And my gut says Irish on the other… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
We feel closer to the drawings on the walls of Chauvet than the painting of, say, an Egyptian mural. These artists are… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
“We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted. Each of us contains within us this inheritance of soul. We… — Edward Sellner Copy Share Image
Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“To plant a family! This idea is at the bottom of most of the wrong and mischief which men do. The truth… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
When Haaland speaks, she does so with the humility of a true public servant. But there is something more. She's an Indigenous… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
“Each of us is the product of history. Our lives today are evidence that our ancestors survived unbelievable odds stretching back to… — Laura Wheldon Copy Share Image
“The foundation of morality on the human sentiments of what is acceptable behavior versus repulsive behavior has always made morals susceptible to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Studying the history of our ancestors is instructive. I understand some of my parents’ struggles and sacrifices. I am acquainted with my… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“GRANDPARENTS For many peoples of black Africa, ancestors are the spirits that live in the tree beside your house or in the… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
“Many African societies divide humans into three categories: those still alive on the earth, the sasha, and the zamani. The recently departed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Here it is necessary briefly to consider the question of the cult of ancestors before venturing farther. The spirits of the departed… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
“If I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Returning to bed, Rachel strokes Zachariah's black curls as he drifts into sleep and appreciates the shape and fractal geometry there, the… — Emma Richler Copy Share Image
