“i never knew anyone so relentless to his ancestors - you make up for your soapiness toward the living” — E.M.Forster 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
Our ancestors have travelled the iron age; the golden is before us. — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Copy Share Image
“Books can be the people we never get to meet, ancestors or far neighbors.” — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
“Ancestors who had held themselves higher than God, and had been brought lower than man.” — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors. — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
My ancestors are all crazy. My great-great-granddad, he was the last man to live in a cave in Nottingham. — Neon Hitch Copy Share Image
Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Our ancestors worshipped the Sun, and they were not that foolish. It makes sense to revere the Sun and the stars, for… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. — Sallust Copy Share Image
Science offers us the possibility of understanding natural rhythms and events that must have seemed like the work of angry and unpredictable… — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
“But we are never alone. We bring with us the spirits of our ancestors. We are haunted by their demons and protected… — William Ritter Copy Share Image
“So our ancestors remembered every bad thing that happened and spent much of their lives anticipating more trouble, and this is the… — Matt Lewis Copy Share Image
“We investigate, we prepare, we execute. We find them, we take them down, and then we piss on their ancestors’ graves.” — Lee Child Copy Share Image
Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“[Arren] was proud of his lineage, but thought of himself as an heir of princes, one of the House of Enlad. Morred,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“You were traveling through the bloodline and entering each of your ancestors' minds. You know things about all of us now." Lily… — Kirsten Miller Copy Share Image
“we need a mass of ancestors at our backs as ballast. Sometimes, we feel it's impossible to push into the future without… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“To me, the word wisdom means ancient knowledge. It’s the kind of knowledge you not only see but feel when you look… — Molly Friedenfeld Copy Share Image
It is because I recognize the brutality with which my own multi-branched ancestors have been treated that I can identify the despicable,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I always remember the teachings of our ancestors: respect for God, teacher, government, and both parents. Even after I became president, I… — Suharto Copy Share Image
Touch is incredibly important as part of the human experience. Our ancestors relied on human touch to form and strengthen bonds with… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
“She did not think that those who were late, or the ancestors themselves, would wish punishment upon us, no matter what our… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“Your people have lost the vision and vitality of your ancestors (73).” — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive. — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
In a sense, all Americans are battle-born. Our ancestors came here for something better. — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
Do not be too sure, young fellows, That you are better than your ancestors. — William Kean Seymour Copy Share Image
To understand and reconnect with our stories, the stories of the ancestors, is to build our identities. — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
“Ancestors from all times have shared their essence with you. Accept the light and let go of the rest.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“All our ancestors were murdered, murderers, complicit to murder, or combating murder.” — Lucy Knisley Copy Share Image
“Our ancestors dreamed us into being. The least we can do is listen when the earth speaks back.” — Lawrence Nault Copy Share Image
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I'm a 10th-generation Texan. My ancestor - Andrew Kent - fought at the Alamo. — Jessica Collins Copy Share Image
“In America, your ancestors don't matter so much. You're just you .” — Lensey Namioka Copy Share Image
There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
I love my people's history. I feel a huge responsibility to tell the stories of my past and my ancestors' past. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
![“[Arren] was proud of his lineage, but thought of himself as an heir of princes, one of the House of Enlad. Morred, from whom that house descended, had been dead two thousand years. His deeds were matter of legends, not of this present world. It was as if the Archmage had named him son of myth…” quote by Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c6e/ursula-k-le-guin-138_ancestors_arren-was-proud-of-his-lineage-but-thoug_2154979.jpg)
