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533 Ancestors quotes by 412 unique authors

Our ancestors were very rich and eminent people, and they left us an enormous inheritance, which we have completely forgotten, especially since the time when… — P D Ouspensky
Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself? — Haile Selassie
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core… — Roy Blount, Jr.
Stain not the glory of your worthy ancestors, but like them resolve never to part with your birthright; be wise in your deliberations, and determined… — Joseph Warren
Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone. — John Ciardi
From the point where our ancestors started making tools, people have been unable to survive without the things they make; in this sense, it is… — Neil MacGregor
And, you know, the fact is, if you believe in evolution, we all have a common ancestor, and we all have a common ancestry with… — Jeff Hawkins
Over the course of the millennia, all these ancestors in your tree, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time-to give birth… — Laurence Overmire
When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically. — Raquel Cepeda
I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him… — Jane Siberry
Perhaps some deep-rooted atavism urges the wanderer back to lands which his ancestors left in the dim beginnings of history. Sometimes a man hits upon… — W. Somerset Maugham
We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and… — Benjamin E. Mays
I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor! — George Takei
I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors. — Zhu Rongji
Children of those ancient Aryans, through the grace of the Lord may you have the same pride, may that faith in your ancestors come into… — Swami Vivekananda
Have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them. — Swami Vivekananda
I am proud to call myself a Hindu, I am proud that I am one of your unworthy servants. I am proud that I am… — Swami Vivekananda
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize… — Edsger Dijkstra
White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of hundreds of our… — Huey Newton
To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, as well as the security and wellbeing of our subjects, is the solemn obligation… — Hirohito
It is true that all of us are the beneficiaries of crimes committed by our ancestors, and it is true that nothing can be done… — Damon Knight
We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our existence. Such stories,… — Unknown Author
You do not need to belong to the cat for a long time to realize the main thing that cats like to do is to… — Cleveland Amory
The wisdom of our ancestors. — Edmund Burke
Black History is enjoying the life of our ancestors who paved the way for every African-American. No matter what color you are, the history of… — Unknown Author

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