History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all. — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
The advent of the Christian God, as the maximum god attained so far, was therefore accompanied by the maximum feeling of guilty… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I must admit, even though I'm the product of two Jewish parents, I think the Irish temper got in there somewhere, so… — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
“Genealogy belongs to the rich in human history. The poor rise and fall without leaving a footprint.” — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I do not criticize religion as such, but I criticize the concept and the definition of "religion" - as I said in… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“All our ancestors were murdered, murderers, complicit to murder, or combating murder.” — Lucy Knisley 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
In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we came… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
The craze of genealogy is connected with the epidemic for divorce. If we can't figure out who our living relatives are, then… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
“She is my companion on my many genealogical hunts, and I will be forever indebted to her for the knowledge that she… — Rett MacPherson Copy Share Image
In African-American culture, there's often a family historian, someone who does the genealogy or keeps the family Bible. I became aware that… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
I love genealogical research. That's the reason I bought my first computer years ago to put my genealogy records on the computer.… — Nola Ochs Copy Share Image
If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“... the pursuit of origins is a way of rescuing territory from death and oblivion, a reconquest that ought to be patient,… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“..what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Words have their genealogy, their history, their economy, their literature, their art and music, as too they have their weddings and divorces,… — Virgilia Peterson Copy Share Image
“Everyone will tell you that genealogy serves two purposes: self-knowledge and social status, some sort of pedigree divined from names, locations, and… — Ellen Meloy Copy Share Image
“...all the dutiful grandchildren and great-grandchildren lingering over deathbeds with digital recorders, or else mechanically pursuing their ancestors through the online genealogy… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The first track is the end of a string. At the far end, a being is moving; a mystery, dropping a hint… — Tom Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1894... I met with the Quorum and Presidency in the temple... President Woodruff then spoke... 'In searching out my… — Abraham H. Cannon Copy Share Image
In my opinion what distinguishes the Bible from the other books is its sense of time. Its first concern is to establish… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
“He'd viewed the past like Uncle Joseph's grave, an empty hole without life, waiting to be filled in by him. It never… — Vivian LeMay Copy Share Image
We debase the richness of both nature and our own minds if we view the great pageant of our intellectual history as… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Full confession: I am not dispassionate and unbiased. I didn't come to genetic genealogy services to be underwhelmed or go back to… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
Most people get excited over new cars; I get excited over death certificates. It's no wonder my husband worries about my state… — Rett MacPherson Copy Share Image
“It was an early saying here [Massachusetts] that there were 'Roots enough to plant Hampshire County and Gunns enough to defend them.” — Edward Pearson Pressey 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 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
Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush. — Florence King Copy Share Image
The time had come to protest with the heart, that to deny one's genealogy with the earth was to commit treason against… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponent will do it for you. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Genealogy: A perverse preoccupation of those who seek to demonstrate that their forebears were better people than they are. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
There weren't a lot of people kind of manning the barricades in the sixties and looking up their genealogy. — Sean Wilsey Copy Share Image
“Do try The House by fresh new author, Susannah Mansfield, it's funny, sad and very different, you'll love the characters and the… — Susannah Mansfield Copy Share Image
Read the genealogy of Jesus, and you have to see how the four women in that genealogy God used their sins for… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
It is possible to imagine a society flushed with such a sense of power that it could afford to let its offenders… — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
I am deeply interested in this work. I am anxious to encourage the people to press on in securing their genealogies and… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image