Ancestry Quotes

111 Ancestry quotes by 94 unique authors

Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg. — Napoleon Bonaparte
There are many people who could claim and learn from their Indian ancestry, but because of the fear their parents and grandparents knew, because of… — Joseph Bruchac
Wealth is also defined by family, connection to our ancestry, and our best vision of the future. All of these find their inner spirit, their… — Nainoa Thompson
In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white. — Henry Louis Gates
Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same. — Henry Louis Gates
There's a boom in genealogy now. With ancestry.com and other sites digitizing so many of the records, you can now find things in a few… — Henry Louis Gates
All of the guests on 'Faces of America' were deeply moved by what we revealed about their ancestry. We were able to trace the ancestry… — Henry Louis Gates
You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I've never had a… — Henry Louis Gates
Breed is stronger than pasture. — George Eliot
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married. — E. W. Howe
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. — William Ralph Inge
By ancestry, I was born to rule. — Nelson Mandela
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood… — Don Marquis
If we remind ourselves of the fact that every fifth American today rightly points and perhaps also with a certain degree of pride to his… — Angela Merkel
I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but… — Harold Prince
Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. — Mark Twain
Like every other creature on the face of the earth, Godfrey was, by birthright, a stupendous badass, albeit in the somewhat narrow technical sense that… — Neal Stephenson
…Even the idea of a city never entered his mind. It was as if he had walked under the millimeter of haze just above the… — Michael Ondaatje
Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a… — Terry Pratchett
Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now… — John Steinbeck
Mr L Prosser was, as they say, only human. In other words he was a carbon-based life form descended from an ape. More specifically he… — Douglas Adams
Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is committed by a… — Dave Eggers
America today is running on the momentum of a godly ancestry, and when that momentum runs down, God help America. — Omar N. Bradley
For me, ancestry is just one thing that connects us to people, and feeling connected to other people is generally a good thing, as long… — Jeremy Hardy

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