Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I love being an African American female! I love my skin tone & learning about my ancestors. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You and I probably wouldn't be here if our ancestors hadn't been greedy savages. — Mark Pagel Copy Share Image
I would like to be like my father and all the rest of my ancestors who never married. — Moliere Copy Share Image
“Your people have lost the vision and vitality of your ancestors (73).” — Walter Mosley 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
We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors. — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
“Books and characters in books, pictures and elements in pictures—they all have families and ancestors, just like people.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
It is possible that strong levels of belief in God, gods, spirits or the supernatural might have given our ancestors considerable comforts… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Having culture means we are the only animal that acquires the rules of its daily living from the accumulated knowledge of our… — Mark Pagel Copy Share Image
“Dychwelyd i wlad eich hynafiaid; gwaed yn galw i waed. Return to the land of your fathers; blood calls to blood.” — Horton Deakins Copy Share Image
I went to Boston fully expecting to be arrested - arrested by a polizia created by a government that my ancestors rebelled… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
“It was a true conversation. About whether our ancestors had more important lives than we do. And how they've managed to trick… — Barbara Kingsolver 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
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
“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
“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
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
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
Our spirit of life is not identical with that of our ancestors, and therefore their music, even if restored with utter technical… — Paul Hindemith Copy Share Image
This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
“Yet one had ancestors in literature as well as in one’s own race, nearer perhaps in type and temperament, many of them,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The foundation of morality on the human sentiments of what is acceptable behavior versus repulsive behavior has always made morals susceptible to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Every creature was designed to serve a purpose. Learn from animals for they are there to teach you the way of life.… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Returning to bed, Rachel strokes Zachariah's black curls as he drifts into sleep and appreciates the shape and fractal geometry there, the… — Emma Richler Copy Share Image
“Here it is necessary briefly to consider the question of the cult of ancestors before venturing farther. The spirits of the departed… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
“If I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“GRANDPARENTS For many peoples of black Africa, ancestors are the spirits that live in the tree beside your house or in the… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
“Studying the history of our ancestors is instructive. I understand some of my parents’ struggles and sacrifices. I am acquainted with my… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
