Ancestor Quote by Roy Sesana

As for the primitive, I hark back to it because we are still very primitive. How many thousands of years of culture, think you,…

— Jack London

Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate…

— Richard Allen

We have grown as primitive man to modern ways and are now looking for modern man to grow from merely primitive choices

— Alexander Fennis

Are we being good ancestors?

— Jonas Salk

“If you had a yard as a child, you probably remember it with a startling intimacy. You knew that yard: every inch, every bush,…

— Sam Sheridan

“The primitive tribes permitted far less individual freedom than does modern society. Ancient wars were committed with far less moral justification than modern ones.…

— Anonymous

At our most primitive we are storytellers and dancers.

— Anne Lamott

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

— Plutarch

The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'

— Jonas Salk

What is conserved in the ground? Stone, bronze, ivory, bone, sometimes pottery. Never wood objects, no fabric or skins. That completely skews our notions…

— Pablo Picasso

We are fashioned not by our genes, but by our environment - by the family and socio-historic conditions in which we evolve.

— Michel Onfray

We are the ancestors of our grandchildren's children. We look after them, just as our ancestors look after us. We aren't here for ourselves.…

— Roy Sesana