In a sense, all Americans are battle-born. Our ancestors came here for something better. — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive. — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music. — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
“All of our ancestors live within each one of us whether we are aware of it or not.” — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love my people's history. I feel a huge responsibility to tell the stories of my past and my ancestors' past. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
“In America, your ancestors don't matter so much. You're just you .” — Lensey Namioka Copy Share Image
When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
“The only difference between the East and the West seems to be that you have ancestors and we are going to be… — Harold Bell Wright Copy Share Image
All the scars on my body, all the bumps and bruises, all the muscles - that is a story of everything I… — Rose Namajunas Copy Share Image
It's part of my DNA as a Portuguese. Like many of my ancestors, there's that need to discover the world - exploration… — Mariana van Zeller Copy Share Image
“p 18 - Hundreds of thousands of years ago our ancestors of the dim and distant past faced the same problems which… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
I've adopted my grandfather's method of tapping talent. It's our ancestors' blessings and the vibe of the company which made actors enjoy… — Sajid Nadiadwala Copy Share Image
All of us in the Ball family in South Carolina, from the time we're children, hear stories about our ancestors, the slave… — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan 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
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
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
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
“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
“We are the subjects, and so is everything around us, of all manner of subtle and inexplicable influences: and if our ancestors… — Catherine Crowe Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, bathrooms didn't exist. The bathroom's development has not been a straightforward matter, and you might be surprised to… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There are very few really brilliant men who have not had at least one madman among their ancestors. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
I'm a 10th-generation Texan. My ancestor - Andrew Kent - fought at the Alamo. — Jessica Collins Copy Share Image
I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“We carry our ancestors in our names and sometimes we carry our ancestors through the sliding doors of emergency rooms and either… — Marie-Helene Bertino Copy Share Image
“All of our ancestors give us the precious gift of life. Do we use it wisely? Do we use it well? Do… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
“Listen, my child, to the voices of your ancestors. Take pride in our accomplishments; find your strength in our suffering. For WE… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“Our stories make us who we are. And each story has its own purpose and its own reward. Each story rings true… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
As a nation, a society, a family and an individual, we must be grateful to our great ancestors who dedicated their lives… — Master Jin Kwon Copy Share Image
I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Our ancestors ... possessed a right, which nature has given to all men, of departing from the country in which chance, not… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The world is well supplied with spiders whose male ancestors died after mating. The world is bereft of spiders whose would-be ancestors… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans,… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“We investigate, we prepare, we execute. We find them, we take them down, and then we piss on their ancestors’ graves.” — Lee Child Copy Share Image
“So our ancestors remembered every bad thing that happened and spent much of their lives anticipating more trouble, and this is the… — Matt Lewis Copy Share Image
