All his successors gone before him have done 't; and all his ancestors that come after him may. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
...I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people. — Sonia Sanchez Copy Share Image
Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Our ancestors grew a lot of millets and incorporated them in their diet. — Chef Damu Copy Share Image
“Your existence is a testament to the body wisdom of your ancestors.” — Dalia Kinsey Copy Share Image
“I am the product of all the ancestors getting together and deciding these stories need to be told” — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
I think I grew up after years and years of being criticized for my Korean being bad and like disappointing my ancestors… — Greta Lee Copy Share Image
What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
I never really knew about my ancestors until this year, when I learned that the name Cobain was Irish. My parents had… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own… — Francis Herbert Hedge Copy Share Image
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I feel like I am not only my ancestors' wildest dreams but also my wildest dreams. Little-kid me is like, 'Girl, that's… — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into… — Swami Vivekananda 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
“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
“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
“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
“[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
I went to Cork, Ireland, and stood on the dock some of my ancestors had left from. I felt their ghosts gather… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
What's changed is we now have good anatomical, geological, archaeological evidence that Neanderthals are not our ancestors. When I wrote 'Lucy,' I… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
“Each family has a history we pass on to each successive generation. We bear the glories and the burdens of our name,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Hundreds of thousands of years ago our ancestors of the dim and distant past faced the same problems which we must face,… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Mountains have long been a geography for pilgrimage, place where people have been humbled and strengthened, they are symbols of the sacred… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
“Once we were blobs in the sea, and then fishes, and then lizards and rats and then monkeys, and hundreds of things… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Turn that worthless lawn into a beautiful garden of food whose seeds are stories sown, whose foods are living origins. Grow a… — Martin Prechtel Copy Share Image
“Mei reached into her pocket and took out another steamed egg cake, this one topped with a dark red date. "How about… — Elizabeth Lim Copy Share Image
“On problems finding female ancestors,of any background, remember "I cannot put gas in my car without a note from my husband. The… — Christina Kassabian Schaefer Copy Share Image
“So I close this long reflection on what I hope is a not-too-quaveringly semi-Semitic note. When I am at home, I will… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Our ancestors have much to answer for. Why? What did they do? …Long ago, they used machines and drugs to keep the… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image