Very long ago our ancestors had moral systems. Our current institutions are only a couple of thousand years old, which is really… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Traditionally, our ancestors boiled mushrooms in water to make a soothing tea. Boiling served several purposes: killing contaminants, softening the flesh, and… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
My first attraction to writing novels was the plot, that almost extinct animal. Those novels I read which made me want to… — John Irving Copy Share Image
If anyone can say 'go back,' it's Native Americans. My Pueblo ancestors, despite being targeted at every juncture - despite facing famine… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
There's a line that runs between everyone and their ancestors, and you cannot sever that. Maybe disassociate from those ideas but not… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
“Our ancestors believed that they were not born complete. There was someone out there with a part of their heart and soul.… — Eden Cole Copy Share Image
“If you look deep into the palm of your hand, you will see your Parents and all generations of your Ancestors. All… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Papuan ancestors never stood before the world begging for the right to exist. They carved their existence into the mountains, forests, clans,… — Yamin Kogoya Copy Share Image
What do you think happens after we die? We don't know. The establishment will say, 'Your neurons will stop firing. Your body… — Viktor Hovland Copy Share Image
When we censor our history by disguising our scars, we belittle this process and the struggles our ancestors fought so hard to… — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
I traveled to Ireland to research 'Sandcastles,' to visit the coastline where my ancestors looked toward America, the tiny town they once… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
There is no moral high ground from which President Trump or any of his followers can tell anyone to leave this country,… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
When our systematic knowledge of human expressive behavior is more advanced, it will be possible to study the literary and historical documents… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
It would take more than long-stemmed roses to change my view that you're a despicable cowardy custard and a disgrace to a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Our ancestors had fought and murdered one another, married and forged alliances, founded countries. At their best - but only for selfish… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
X is not my real name. But if you study history, you'll find why no Black man in the Western Hemisphere knows… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The impossibility of a sequel ever recapturing everything - or anything - about its ancestor never stopped legions of writers from trying,… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“It is so awkward that how our ancestors wasted their whole life and never thought about education or making difference for the… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
But it really wasn't until three to four years later, when we had an opportunity in the lab to make very detailed… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
The fancy dance is a celebration of each other, and a celebration of life. The one thing I always heard was: we… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
When I was a child, my parents took my brothers and me to Port-au-Prince during the summer so we could get to… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“There was no need for a term like ‘magical thinking’ in the Golden Age of Man...there was only genuine everyday magic and… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
Whether as living humans or as mythological figures, ancestors have always played an important role in the African popular and literary imagination.… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
One of the core ideas of the Bible is that meaning can be found in history. The sheer act of telling and… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
Until about 30,000 years ago, there were at least five other species of humans on the planet. Homo Sapiens, our ancestors, lived… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Keto is the only diet that heals you internally because absence of carbs means no sugar in your body, as carb transforms… — Zareen Khan Copy Share Image
“The human story is one of continual branching movement, out of Africa to every corner of the globe. When people talk of… — Carolina De Robertis Copy Share Image
Just as your own existence is unlikely and far from inevitable, the evolution of modern humans as a species depended on a… — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
According to Jewish legend, only the very wisest and very holiest rabbis had the power to make golems, animated servants of clay.… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
Our ancestors relied upon their advanced brains to survive during times of food shortage, and fortunately, the human brain is able to… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
I like knowing that the further back one traces any lineage, the narrower the path grows, to the haunt of just a… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
The people I really do dislike are the morally unimaginative kind of evolutionary reductionists who, in the name of science, think they… — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners.… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
“And when, at last, … I stood in London with ten pounds in my hand - five of which I promptly lost… — P.L. Travers Copy Share Image
In archaeology, context is the basis of many discoveries that are imputed to the deliberate workings of intelligence. If I find a… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“I don’t think my journey has to be harrowing to be important. Simply doing the tasks of the day is enough. Such… — Mike Ericksen Copy Share Image
