My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato-the best part of him is underground. — Henry S. F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Do not be too sure, young fellows, That you are better than your ancestors. — William Kean Seymour Copy Share Image
We are bipedal apes, and it should not be surprising to see that fact reflected in the way our ancestors lived. — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
The ancestors will turn their backs against you and you will have bad luck forever if you leave the ANC unhappy — Jacob Zuma Copy Share Image
A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully -- as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Scientists believe that the invention of clothing in Africa was a key factor in allowing our ancestors to migrate into colder climates… — Ziya Tong 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
“He did not know that the Old One was his father, for such a relationship was utterly beyond his understanding, but as… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Seeds carry life from generation to generation without end. Through the seeds speak the voices of the ancestors. Each time we plant… — Kenny Ausubel Copy Share Image
I regard Abraham as my ancestor. Some of the greatest inspiration I have got has come from what we call the Old… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black… — Maya Angelou 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
I am very proud of Zendaya for standing up for herself, her generation and her ancestors. Her response was classy. Locs are… — Ledisi Copy Share Image
It's such a unique story. Book of Joshua in the Bible wasn't always my favorite book, by the way. Only some ago… — Max Lucado 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
Centuries from now our great-great-great-grandchildren will look back at us with amazement at how we could allow such a precious achievement of… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I've been thinking about disowning some of my genes lately. I have a few healthy, happy, long-living optimists in my family tree… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
There are more than 100 million African women who go topless at some point in the day, each and every day, to… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
But what about you? Have you prayed about your own ancestors’ work? Set aside those things in your life that don’t really… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“No sane paleontologist would ever claim that he or she had discovered "The Ancestor." Think about it this way: What is the… — Neil Shubin Copy Share Image
Hamilton had a complaint. "Why did you have to tell the cops I'm your boyfriend? That's gross, Amy. We're related!" Amy was… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
Why it is that animals, instead of developing in a simple and straightforward way, undergo in the course of their growth a… — Francis Maitland Balfour Copy Share Image
Is it not possible that the chimpanzees are responding to some feeling like awe? A feeling generated by the mystery of water;… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Real knowing comes up when we stand in the appropriate place. But usually we don’t. First we want to understand something according… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
Posterity, thinned by the crime of its ancestors, shall hear of those battles. — Horace Copy Share Image
The only way we are going to reduce disease, is to go backward to the diets and lifestyles of our ancestors. — Denis Parsons Burkitt Copy Share Image
“Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” — Wernher Von Braun Copy Share Image
Our ancestors have travelled the iron age; the golden is before us. — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Copy Share Image
My ancestors make up the skin of the world. That's who that is. That's what that is. That's us. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I'm free... to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't. I can. And my children will. — Jefferson Smith Copy Share Image
