Tribe Quotes

267 quotes by 216 authors

My daddy never really lived before he died, He could never count on justice or know a free manâ€™s pride, And now itâ€™s almost certain… — Bob Teague
It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe, not… — Keegan-Michael Key
Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our subscription. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets. — Horace
All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever… — Mark Twain
The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause,… — Arthur Koestler
Evolution has programmed us to feel rejection in our guts. This is how the tribe inforced obedience, by wielding the threat of expulsion. Fear of… — Steven Pressfield
The Old and New Testaments are the stick of Judah. You recollect that the tribe of Judah tarried in Jerusalem and the Lord blessed Judah,… — Brigham Young
It's ridiculous if you ask me. I don't know what any of us are doing here. But we're a tribe, a network, cruising the galaxy.… — Frederick Lenz
When the Ngdanga tribe of West Africa hold their moon love ceremonies, the men of the tribe bang their heads on sacred trees until they… — Mike Harding
I will no longer confer, differ, refer, defer, prefer, or suffer. I renounce the whole tribe of fero. I embrace absolute life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ultimately, we actually all belong to only one tribe, to Earthlings. — Jill Tarter
In the deep jungles of Africa, a traveler was making a long trek. Coolies had been engaged from a tribe to carry the loads. The… — Lettie Cowman
You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to...… — Henry Louis Gates
Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe. — Stanislav Grof
I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe. — Lev Grossman
Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an… — Jared Diamond
We get so many people saying short fiction is not economical, that it doesn't sell; but there are so many of us enjoying writing it… — Junot Diaz
The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage… — Charles Alexander Eastman
Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow… — Roger Ebert

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