Well, how'd we get to talking about our ancestors? People think we don't talk about anything else in Charleston. — Josephine Pinckney Copy Share Image
When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves. Our inborn yearnings… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
We are the ancestors of our grandchildren's children. We look after them, just as our ancestors look after us. We aren't here… — Roy Sesana Copy Share Image
In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the price we… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us. — James Nasmyth Copy Share Image
The house is made up of the spirits of our ancestors. Did you think they would lie idly by while we were… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
I love many places to which I have no connection, but identifying an ancestor, or someone I think is an ancestor, has… — Jeremy Hardy Copy Share Image
“We are free falling backward through time, reincarnating ourselves from our past, reflecting the chaotic energy of the present.” — Lorin Morgan-Richards Copy Share Image
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
If we want to set and enforce a limit on immigration, we have to be willing to say no to would-be immigrants… — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
I'm just confused as to where we lost that in America because it is everyone's God-given right to think the way they… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
If you look only as Genesis as an allegory, you have a major problem, because if it's an allegory, then tell me… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“If you’ve never dealt with your ancestors, let me give you a word of advice. Don’t expect straight answers. And don’t be… — Juliette Harper Copy Share Image
There's a belief that wherever your Ancestors took shape from the sticks and stones that formed them, that's home. Ancestors from the… — Kate Wilhelm Copy Share Image
When I heard the truth about my name was not Cassius Clay, like I knew a black man in America named John… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I have two Filipino nannies who have British passport and not me. I don't need British passport. When you were running around… — Mohamed Al-Fayed Copy Share Image
“My family tree has many branches, both living and dead... but all equally important. I cherish the memories that make its roots… — Lynda I Fisher Copy Share Image
It has been said that a man of genius should select his ancestors with great care - and yet there does not… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The way I see it, my ancestors put a lot of effort into getting out of the goddamn ocean and I don’t… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Your ancestors have shaped your past, we as your parents will help shape your present, but only you can shape your future.” — Mikey D.B Copy Share Image
Generational change within a genre is hard to parse while it's happening. Only in retrospect can the passing of the baton from… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I find my husband's family history fascinating, as they can trace the family lineage back to ancestors who fought, and died, in… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
The American people understand that what makes the nation great is not people's bloodlines or how long ago their ancestors arrived here,… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Among my European ancestors were piano builders, goldsmiths, and vintners but, to the best of my knowledge, no professionals of any kind. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
“I come from a culture of handwringers, vengeance seekers, people who name children after ancestors by rote -- first child, paternal grandfather,… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“It's called evolution. You must know that. Yes, we are.' She looked up from her book. 'I would hope, though,' she went… — David Almond Copy Share Image
With this realization, came a growing need for men and women willing to take up arms in an effort to protect our… — Jim Walsh Copy Share Image
My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
I like to cook, and I tend to make those one-pot meat dishes of my Hungarian ancestors. Also, I make a great… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, before the advent of capitalism, a man's social status was fixed from the beginning to the end of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“We return to the lives of those who have gone before us, a perplexing mobius strip, until we come home, eventually, to… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I was being groomed as an undergraduate to specialize in Midwestern prehistory, but going back to my teenage days, my interest has… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
In arguing that machines think, we are in the same fix as Darwin when he argued that man shares common ancestors with… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
We are bound to our ancestors and to those who made us, whether we want to be or not. What matters is… — Kate Elliott Copy Share Image
