I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Ancestors Quotes
Some decent, regulated preeminence, some preference given to birth, is neither unnatural nor unjust nor impolite.
It takes at least three generations to be accepted in Ford County. Regardless of money or breeding, one cannot simply move there and be trusted. A dark cloud of suspicion hangs over any newcomer… The people there are exceedingly warm and gracious and polite… They nod and speak to everyone on the downtown streets. They […]
The lesson of the tremendous days through which we are passing is that men cannot live upon the achievements of their forefathers, but must themselves renew them – We cannot escape the elementary facts of life – that for a people there is nothing for nothing, that what they have they must themselves make, that […]
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
The cuckoo lays her eggs in another bird’s nest; it may be hatched among blackbirds or robins or thrushes, but it is always a cuckoo. A man cannot deliver himself from his ancestors.
They who depend on the merits of ancestors, search in the roots of the tree for the fruits which the branches ought to produce.
Pedigree, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a cigarette.
Genealogy, n. An account of one’s descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.
