Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
The wisdom of our parents, grandparents, ancestors. In each individual life, it seems, we must first reject that wisdom, then later come… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
As to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth where the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
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
A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I couldn't think. The basics of my life seemed altered and thrown into question. After all, our families--our ancestors--are our identities. Biology… — Aimee Friedman 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
I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded… — Hannibal Copy Share Image
“Maybe, it is easier to forget the past, than to overcome the pain caused by it. Maybe, it is one of some… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
The core of ethics runs deep in our species and is common to human beings everywhere. It survives the most appalling hardships… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The compliments you are about to pay could only sadden me, because what you love in our dear peninsula is exactly the… — Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Copy Share Image
Children of those ancient Aryans, through the grace of the Lord may you have the same pride, may that faith in your… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When our ancestors were attacked at Pearl Harbor, they called it a day that would live in infamy. The day the Partials… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
Oh, no-" They weren't even on the runway, and Jonah's father was already immersed in his BlackBerry. "Remember those 'Live Large with… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
Rastafari is our king or emperor, and being a king, being an emperor you've been taught all the ways of the ancestors.… — Sizzla Copy Share Image
Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets for the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The truth is that we all are one, that all of us together create god, that god is not man's ancestor, but… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from… — Plato Copy Share Image
My son, be worthy of your noble name, worthily borne by your ancestors for over five hundred years. Remember it’s by courage,… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
[When questioned on his longevity] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. ... They were long-lived, healthy people. Then, as… — Joel Henry Hildebrand 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
We must live in the radiance of tomorrow, as our ancestors have suggested in their tales. For what is yet to come… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
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