For those of us who are fortunate to share an Irish ancestry, we take great pride in the contributions that Irish-Americans. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
'Cullum' is Scottish, but I'm nowhere near Scottish. My mother is Burmese, and my father is of German, Jewish, English ancestry. — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
Indeed, it may be laid down as a general principle, that the more extended the ancestry, the greater the amount of violence… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Wealth is also defined by family, connection to our ancestry, and our best vision of the future. All of these find their… — Nainoa Thompson Copy Share Image
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. — Thomas John Barnardo Copy Share Image
“You are so engrossed in the fact that you are oblivious to its environment” — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all… — John Frederick Boyes Copy Share Image
There is no more fascinating subject in which a person may become occupied than an examination into the history of his ancestry. — Archibald F. Bennett Copy Share Image
“It can be said that we are built by many things. Biology and lineage. Grit and moonlight and ocean stone. By fire… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
Like every other creature on the face of the earth, Godfrey was, by birthright, a stupendous badass, albeit in the somewhat narrow… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family… — Benvenuto Cellini Copy Share Image
“Discrimination is the most polite word for abuse aka denying equal opportunity by anyone in power based on age, ancestry, color, disability… — Ramesh Lohia Copy Share Image
In a day of footloose movements of people and of mixed marriages in the ancestry of the most desirable elements of the… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo… — Cees Nooteboom Copy Share Image
The precise form of an individual's activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Men who pride themselves on their ancestry are like the potato plant, the most part of which is under ground. — William Tyler Copy Share Image
The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity. [Lat., Majorum… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
For example, both humans and chimps have a broken copy of a gene that in other mammals helps make vitamin C. ...… — Michael Behe Copy Share Image
