Ancestor Quote by Benjamin E. Mays

Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.

— Haile Selassie

“If We Lose The Ways Of Our Ancestors, We Lose Ourselves.”

— Gail Johnston

I am now old enough to make common cause with my predecessors against my successors.

— Mason Cooley

In science men have learned consciously to subordinate themselves to a common purpose without losing the individuality of their achievements. Each one knows that…

— John Desmond Bernal

Each generation exercises power over its successors: and each, in so far as it modifies the environment bequeathed to it and rebels against tradition,…

— C. S. Lewis

High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence…

— Milan Kundera

Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly…

— Tony Hoare

All recognized famous inventors had capable predecessors and successors and made their improvements at a time when society was capable of using their product.

— Jared Diamond

President Obama, don't you think you should follow in the footsteps of your predecessor? Remember, President George W. Bush? He stayed out of the…

— Sean Hannity

In science the successors stand upon the shoulders of their predecessors; where one man of supreme genius has invented a method, a thousand lesser…

— Bertrand Russell

[on Richard Wagner] A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

— Claude Debussy

To those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual,or transgender-let me say- you are not alone. You're struggle, for the end to violence and discrimination, is…

— Ban Ki-moon