Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors. — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The idea that boxing lends itself to cinema so well is because it's usually a morality play - good against evil, insecurity… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Today the major reason for our interest in Flatland is that for the first time we can achieve some of the dreams… — Thomas Banchoff Copy Share Image
They who derive their worth from their ancestors resemble potatoes, the most valuable part of which is underground. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Has a philosopher like you failed to discover that our country is more to be valued and higher and holier far than… — Socrates Copy Share Image
It is tragic that so few young people in Western democracies vote. They have forgotten that their ancestors fought for the right… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
One of our ancestors came over on the Mayflower, and we had family in Jamestown as well... I was raised where service… — Steve Daines Copy Share Image
When some remote ancestor of ours invented the shovel, he became a giver: He could plant a tree. And when the axe… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
It is only when all our Christian ancestors are allowed to become our contemporaries that the real splendor of the Christian faith… — Bill Vaughan 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
When we respond to threats immediately and take action right away, it's usually the threats that we're hard-wired to respond to, the… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
A damnably readable, streamlined, yet deeply researched work. Skipping the ancestors and aftermath of conventional biography, Max gives us the man, his… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
As a guy develops and practices his masculinity, he is accompanied by an invisible male chorus of all the other guys, who… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
I know it sounds hard to believe, but habits laid down by our ancestors persist even after the conditions that created those… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Not a single one of your ancestors died young. They all copulated at least once. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
No mariner ever enters upon a more uncharted sea than does the average human being born in the 20th century. Our ancestors… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After all, what is every man? A horde of ghosts – like a Chinese nest of boxes – oaks that were acorns… — Walter de La Mare Copy Share Image
