I am a congenital liar. Some Highlanders are. To my ancestors, the truth was so sacred as to be unusable. — Gladys Mitchell Copy Share Image
That's our charge as ancestors of unborn generations: to once again become free. — Russell Means Copy Share Image
The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?' — Jonas Salk Copy Share Image
If I have courage, it is because I have faith in the knowledge of my ancestors. — Mau Piailug Copy Share Image
So might we ourselves look down into some rock-pool where lowly creatures repeat with naive zest dramas learned by their ancestors æons… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
All the records of your past lives are contained within your own mind, just as the records of your ancestors are contained… — Frederick Lenz 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
A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression… — Xunzi Copy Share Image
Occasionally, when I lived in London, I would have sex with a girl from an aristocratic family. I always enjoyed doing to… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
By comparing the human and chimp genomes, we can see the process of evolution clearly in the changes (in DNA) since we… — Bob Waterston Copy Share Image
We still are America though. We're still a country that is a country of social mobility. We're still a country of immigrants.… — David Brooks 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
You can't have a Russian household without vodka. It's just something to wash everything down with. I can't remember a time when… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up and I'll guarantee to take any… — Anonymous 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
“And yet Xiao Li always spoke of her mother as if her image were mounted in a red-and-gold picture frame resting on… — Victor Robert Lee 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
My self . . . is a dramatic ensemble. Here a prophetic ancestor makes his appearance. Here a brutal hero shouts. Here… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
Healthy areas that are richest in information are those areas in the wild where we can get all the information that's available… — Gordon Hempton Copy Share Image
Walking, I can almost hear the redwoods beating. And the oceans are above me here, rolling clouds, heavy and dark. It is… — Linda Hogan 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
Everything has a spirit and it's all connected. If you think about that, if you live your life by it, then you're… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Wherefore should I not offer my congratulations? But the very fact of them being Sayyids, those fountains of felicity, demands heartly exertions… — Aurangzeb Copy Share Image
In the beginning, there were bacteria… [A] nearly universal assumption is that all subsequent life descended from the original life form through… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
The entire hominid collection known today would barely cover a billiard table, ... the collection is so tantalizingly incomplete, and the specimens… — John Reader Copy Share Image
Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I will honor my ancestors in StarClan," Bramblestar vowed, "but not those who have ever walked in the Dark Forest. Guide my… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, before the advent of capitalism, a man's social status was fixed from the beginning to the end of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you're related to them. It doesn't mean that you're going to invite them to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
Marvelous as may be the power of my dog to understand my moods, deathless as his affection and fidelity, his mental state… — William James Copy Share Image
[Vice chairman of Barbour] Helen [Barbour] and I realized that I come from the same village that her ancestor John Barbour came… — Sam Heughan 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
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations. — Claude Vorilhon Copy Share Image
![“Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.” quote by Xunzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4bc/xunzi-35969_ancestor_sacrifice-is-a-state-of-mind-in-which-ou_1451067.jpg)
![“In the beginning, there were bacteria… [A] nearly universal assumption is that all subsequent life descended from the original life form through a continuous chain of ancestor-descendant pairs. This assumption looks good because all living organisms share biochemical traits. It is conceivable, of…” quote by David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d27/david-m-raup-33751_ancestor_in-the-beginning-there-were-bacteria-a-n_1413265.jpg)
![“[Vice chairman of Barbour] Helen [Barbour] and I realized that I come from the same village that her ancestor John Barbour came from, who created Barbour. It just seemed like such a great connection.” quote by Sam Heughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/096/sam-heughan-4526_ancestor_vice-chairman-of-barbour-helen-barbour-a_397481.jpg)
