--- title: "10 Ancestors Lived Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Ancestors Lived quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Ancestors Lived sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/carl-sagan-160_ancestor_our-ancestors-lived-out-of-doors-they-we_2608396.jpg" --- > [Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/our-ancestors-lived-out-of-doors-they-were-as-familiar-with-the-night/) [Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/carl-sagan-160_ancestor_our-ancestors-lived-out-of-doors-they-we_2608396.jpg) > [It is highly probable that the bulk of the Jew's ancestors 'never' lived in Palestine 'at all,' which witnesses the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/it-is-highly-probable-that-the-bulk-of-the-jew-s-ancestors-never/) [H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/h-g-wells-1122_ancestor_it-is-highly-probable-that-the-bulk-of-t_292591.png) > [“New technology has never been an automatic feature of history. Our ancestors lived in static, zero-sum societies where success meant seizing things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/new-technology-has-never-been-an-automatic-feature-of-history-our/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/peter-thiel-1311_history_new-technology-has-never-been-an-automat_875392.png) > [We are bipedal apes, and it should not be surprising to see that fact reflected in the way our ancestors lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-leakey/we-are-bipedal-apes-and-it-should-not-be-surprising-to-see-that-fact/) [Richard Leakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-leakey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/richard-leakey-14374_ancestor_we-are-bipedal-apes-and-it-should-not-be_706857.png) > [“Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/don-t-believe-tree-huggers-who-claim-that-our-ancestors-lived-in-2/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/yuval-noah-harari-100_nature_don-t-believe-tree-huggers-who-claim-tha_1267334.jpg) > [“Nothing about our world is set in stone—we have made it up. Whether it is a tradition that has been passed on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-about-our-world-is-set-in-stone-we-have-made-it-up-whether-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/anonymous-1_tradition_nothing-about-our-world-is-set-in-stone_3011627.jpg) > [“Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/don-t-believe-tree-huggers-who-claim-that-our-ancestors-lived-in/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/yuval-noah-harari-100_biology_don-t-believe-tree-huggers-who-claim-tha_987293.jpg) > [Because our ancestors lived in social groups that changed slowly, because they encountered the same people throughout their lives, they could keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-levitin/because-our-ancestors-lived-in-social-groups-that-changed-slowly/) [Daniel Levitin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-levitin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/daniel-levitin-2988_ancestors_because-our-ancestors-lived-in-social-gr_104964.png) > [When I looked at the family tree and at where my ancestors lived, it was places like Rothbury and Tropton! I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robson-green/when-i-looked-at-the-family-tree-and-at-where-my-ancestors-lived-it/) [Robson Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robson-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/robson-green-10976_ancestors_when-i-looked-at-the-family-tree-and-at_2608365.jpg) > [“I know he’s had his problems in the past… “He can’t keep his hands off a liquor bottle at the best of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-palmer/i-know-he-s-had-his-problems-in-the-past-he-can-t-keep-his-hands-off/) [Diana Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/diana-palmer-4730_american-history_i-know-he-s-had-his-problems-in-the-past_939990.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancestors-lived/#itemlist", "name": "Ancestors Lived Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our ancestors lived out of doors. 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He searched her enthusiastic eyes. “You really do love Native American history, don’t you?” She nodded. “The way your ancestors lived for thousands of years was so logical. They honored the man in the tribe who was the poorest, because he gave away more than the others did. They shared everything. They gave gifts, even to the point of bankrupting themselves. They never hit a little child to discipline it. They accepted even the most blatant differences in people without condemning them.” She glanced at Tate and found him watching her. She smiled self-consciously. “I like your way better.” “Most whites never come close to understanding us, no matter how hard they try.” “I had you and Leta to teach me,” she said simply. “They were wonderful lessons that I learned, here on the reservation. I feel…at peace here. At home. I belong, even though I shouldn’t.” He nodded. “You belong,” he said, and there was a note in his deep voice that she hadn’t heard before. 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Impulses, he told himself firmly, were stupid and sometimes dangerous. And Cecily was off limits. Period. He pulled his hand back and stood up, grateful that the loose fit of his buckskins hid his physical reaction to her. “Mother’s won a prize,” he said. His voice sounded oddly strained. He forced a nonchalant smile and turned to Cecily. She was visibly shaken. He shouldn’t have looked at her. 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