154 Ancestors Quotes for You to Enjoy

The highly functional infrastructure that surrounds us, particularly in the West, is a gift from our ancestors: the comparatively uncorrupt political and economic systems, the technology, the wealth, the lifespan, the freedom, the luxury, and the opportunity. Jordan Peterson

Freedom Technology Gift Wealth Political Opportunity Luxury Our Ancestors Systems Economic Highly Particularly West Surrounds Infrastructure Us Comparatively Functional

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave. Paul Robeson

Time Mother Father Own State Ancestors Delaware Born Crossed My Own Troops Quaker Baked George Bread Your Washington Slave

Humanity is still advancing; and it will probably continue to advance for hundreds of thousands of years more, always on condition that we know how to keep the same line of advance as our ancestors towards ever greater consciousness and complexity. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Humanity Will Our Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Ancestors Complexity Thousands Thousands Of Years More Advance Advancing Towards Know Greater Always How Still Line Continue Years Condition Same Keep Ever Consciousness

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values. Ralph Ellison

Relationship You Yourself People Relatives Values Some People Others Ancestors Those Out Some Want Create Your Choose

We must strive to become good ancestors. Ralph Nader

Good Become Ancestors Strive Must

When our systematic knowledge of human expressive behavior is more advanced, it will be possible to study the literary and historical documents of the past and to determine the expressed and implied views of personality that determined the behavior of our ancestors. Timothy Leary

Knowledge Personality Behavior Will Past Our Ancestors Systematic Possible Determine Determined More Advanced Study Implied Documents Historical Human Literary Views Expressed Expressive

For over two billion years, through the apparent fancy of her endless differentiations and metamorphosis the Cell, as regards its basic physiological mechanisms, has remained one and the same. It is life itself, and our true and distant ancestor. Albert Claude

We should not look down on our first ancestors. Alice Walker

First Down Our Ancestors Look Should

I'm just confused as to where we lost that in America because it is everyone's God-given right to think the way they think and that's fine. That's why our ancestors came here to America, to believe what they want, pray how they want and follow a religion with whoever they want. Angie Harmon

Religion Confused Lost Believe Think Everyone Our Way Ancestors Fine Follow Because How Came Pray God-Given America Just Where Want Whoever Why Right Here

The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past. Anita Desai

Family History Book Backwards Past Believe Digging Back Ancestors Visits Give Felt Impression Begins Family History Going Ends Tunnel

If you remember your ancestors, they can cross over and be with you again. Anthony Gonzalez

You Remember Ancestors Cross Over Again Your

The Day of the Dead is a joyful celebration when you can connect with and remember your ancestors. Anthony Gonzalez

Day You Remember Ancestors Joyful Dead Celebration Your Connect

My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides in Japan, which has allowed me to travel to the roots of my ancestors with my father. Apolo Ohno

I've been thinking about disowning some of my genes lately. I have a few healthy, happy, long-living optimists in my family tree - most of them fans of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, a major champion of positive thinking. But I've got plenty of ancestors who played out more tortured hands. Ariel Gore

Positive Family Science Happy Champion Fans Healthy Few Christian Thinking Tree Lately Positive Thinking Ancestors Plenty Out Tortured Some About More Mary Genes Major Most Baker Got Been Optimists Hands Them Who Founder Played

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. Ben Stein

Beautiful Christmas Me People Single Every Trees Bit Ancestors Those Threatened Bother Feel Call Does Am Up Discriminated Lit Against Little Little Bit Even Jew Jewish

Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure. Brendan Fraser

Ancestors Something Invented Sure Wheel Maybe

I would find myself being inspired by things that I've heard as a kid: Nigerian music or African music, some French music or some Jamaican music. When it's time for music to be made, it's almost like my ancestors just come into me and then it's them. Burna Boy

Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden. Carl D. Anderson

Home Heart Ancestors Place Sweden Special Special Place Reserved

Because our ancestors lived in social groups that changed slowly, because they encountered the same people throughout their lives, they could keep almost every social detail they needed to know in their heads. Daniel Levitin

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