Genealogy Quotes

17 quotes by 17 authors

Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own. — Ambrose Bierce
A friend of ours has a hobby doing genealogy, and we found out that we were cousins in the ninth degree, that we had a… — Marion Zimmer Bradley
People who lose children have their hearts warped into weird shapes. Some try to deny it has happened. Some pretend it hasn't. Losing friends or… — Michael Robotham
History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all. — Laurence Overmire
The first track is the end of a string.Â At the far end, a being is moving; a mystery, dropping a hint about itself every… — Tom Brown, Jr.
Genealogy of ideas. You donâ€™t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can… — Austin Kleon
In 1650 Bishop Ussher dated the creation from the genealogy given in the Bible at 4004 B.C.; for a long time (even for some people… — Leigh Page
Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her,… — Rebecca Solnit
The craze of genealogy is connected with the epidemic for divorce. If we can't figure out who our living relatives are, then maybe we'll have… — Elizabeth Jane Howard
Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language. — Daniel Dennett
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
The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried. — Joan Didion
He traced the genealogy of the feeling. — Zadie Smith
All geologic history is full of the beginning and the ends of species-of their first and last days; but it exhibits no genealogies of development. — Hugh Miller
Our ancestor was an animal which breathed water, had a swim-bladder, a great swimming tail, an imperfect skull & undoubtedly was an hermaphrodite! Here is… — Charles Darwin
Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved so compelling that,… — Rory Bremner
But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it was just more impressive to me… — Bob Edwards

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