Freedom of speech was arranged by ancestors who couldn't possibly have had an idea of what-all was going to be said. — Star Smithtown New York 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
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own… — Francis Herbert Hedge 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
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
“Books and characters in books, pictures and elements in pictures—they all have families and ancestors, just like people.” — Margaret Atwood 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
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our systematic knowledge of human expressive behavior is more advanced, it will be possible to study the literary and historical documents… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
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
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
“She did not think that those who were late, or the ancestors themselves, would wish punishment upon us, no matter what our… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
When I looked at the family tree and at where my ancestors lived, it was places like Rothbury and Tropton! I was… — Robson Green Copy Share Image
Given the scale of the ecological crisis we are facing this is the appropriate scale of expansion. Occupying the streets to bring… — Gail Bradbrook Copy Share Image
I always remember the teachings of our ancestors: respect for God, teacher, government, and both parents. Even after I became president, I… — Suharto Copy Share Image
We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I feel like I am not only my ancestors' wildest dreams but also my wildest dreams. Little-kid me is like, 'Girl, that's… — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
I think I grew up after years and years of being criticized for my Korean being bad and like disappointing my ancestors… — Greta Lee Copy Share Image
Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
I never really knew about my ancestors until this year, when I learned that the name Cobain was Irish. My parents had… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
“So they say things like, “Go back to your country,” as if their Irish ancestors never walked through Ellis Island.” — Dominique Christina Ashaheed Copy Share Image
I'm one hundred percent Irish, and I'm very proud that I'm Irish American, though I don't know exactly where my ancestors came… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I have written about the women around me. My ancestors, my relatives, lovers. It was a way of trying to make it… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to believe that the KKK still exists, especially knowing all my ancestors have been through. I feel like… — Normani Kordei Copy Share Image
I think often about my ancestors who struggled for freedom, and as I think of those giants and their broad shoulders, I… — Daniel Cameron Copy Share Image
“One fifth of people alive a millennium ago in Europe are the ancestors of no one alive today. Their lines of descent… — Adam Rutherford Copy Share Image
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. — Sallust Copy Share Image
Science offers us the possibility of understanding natural rhythms and events that must have seemed like the work of angry and unpredictable… — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
“But we are never alone. We bring with us the spirits of our ancestors. We are haunted by their demons and protected… — William Ritter 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
Our ancestors worshipped the Sun, and they were not that foolish. It makes sense to revere the Sun and the stars, for… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall… — F. Sionil Jose 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
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
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
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
