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
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
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
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
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
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
Miracles are commonplace in religious scripture. Our ancient ancestors are said to have felt Jesus' wounds, verified Muhammad's ascent to heaven, and… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. My folks were Indian. Both my… — Will Rogers 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
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
It has been argued that dinosaurs did not die out, but just evolved wings and flew away. At a certain level, this… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
There are among us those that would criticize our Confederate ancestors. Would you allow a stranger to come into your house and… — Calvin Johnson Copy Share Image
I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
There were times, especially when I was traveling for 'Eat, Pray, Love,' when, I swear to God, I would feel this weight… — Elizabeth Gilbert 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
Hey, this is Europe. We took it from nobody; we won it from the bare soil that the ice left. The bones… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
Do what he will, he [the profane man] is an inheritor. He cannot utterly abolish his past, since he himself is a… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
Across the continent, on the shores of small tributaries, in the shadows of sacred mountains, on the vast expanse of the prairies,… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
If we could know as intimately as we know our more immediate parents the long line of ancestors through whom the family… — Helen Bosanquet Copy Share Image
As for major obstacles keeping young Latinos from becoming filmmakers, I think our communities are still coming into their identities as storytellers.… — Aurora Guerrero 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
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
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
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
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
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
Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that… — Carl Sagan 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
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
I dream of songs. I dream they fall down through the centuries, from my distant ancestors, and come to me. I dream… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
We are bound to our ancestors and to those who made us, whether we want to be or not. What matters is… — Kate Elliott Copy Share Image
Life in the twentieth century undeniably has ... such richness, joy and adventure as were unknown to our ancestors except in their dreams. — Arthur Compton Copy Share Image
There's a quality we could call vertical attention, which is an attention upward toward ancestors, spiritual states, angels, gods. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
It's interesting to think that my ancestors used to live in the trees, like apes, until finally they got the nerve to… — Anonymous 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
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