Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
W are all carrying the imprints of our most ancient ancestors. Not simply in the genetic code, but in the imprints of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The ancient bones of our ancestors are like the roots of a great tree, reminding us to stay firmly grounded in our… — Raigon Stanley Copy Share Image
I'm not here to say vote for one side of the other. But I'm here to say use your voice and vote.… — George Hill Copy Share Image
We all stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. We're in a relay race, relying on the financial and human capital of… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
We all have genes that come from our ancestors that aren't used - they're not turned on. So we actually carry ancient… — Jack Horner 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
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
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
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness;… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I performed in the Confederate Pageant… — Greg Iles 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
“[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
“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
“We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted. Each of us contains within us this inheritance of soul. We… — Edward Sellner Copy Share Image
Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
I knew I had that Cajun heritage, that Acadian heritage; I just feel it. And my gut says Irish on the other… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
We feel closer to the drawings on the walls of Chauvet than the painting of, say, an Egyptian mural. These artists are… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
What I call my 'self' now is hardly a person at all. It's mainly a meeting place for various natural forces, desires,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Moreover, my ancestors' souls are sustained by the atmosphere of the house, since I answer for them the questions that their lives… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
So long as procreation stems from parents of the same race, appearance and lineage are typically congruent. Interracial unions give rise to… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
When Haaland speaks, she does so with the humility of a true public servant. But there is something more. She's an Indigenous… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
“Each of us is the product of history. Our lives today are evidence that our ancestors survived unbelievable odds stretching back to… — Laura Wheldon Copy Share Image
“To plant a family! This idea is at the bottom of most of the wrong and mischief which men do. The truth… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Humans are distinguished from other species by a massive brain that enables us to imagine a future and influence it by what… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
If people want to believe that our ancestors were riding around on dinosaurs or that the protracted, increasing, and devastating warming of… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
Breathing air is a liberating experience. It freed our ancestors from the constraints of staying wet or having to remain within easy… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had ancestors who were slave-holders, which is a difficult piece of family history to say the least. In a recent New… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
Though as a psychologist I like to think that nothing human is foreign to me, I admit to having been repeatedly flabbergasted… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
All sorts of other lies are being spread today, I do not know what else they will invent. I've heard that I'm… — Franjo Tudjman 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
When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels,… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains. I've turned… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
Most of the ancestors that I can trace were born here in the United States of America. And then it goes back… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
“My mother’s family were run out of their lands in Spain and fled to Mexico. My dad’s ancestors were African slaves in… — Zoraida Córdova Copy Share Image
My eating mantra is, you should eat what your ancestors ate. It's true that the quality of vegetables, fruits and meat is… — Sayani Gupta Copy Share Image
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