Quotes About Heritage

My mother, Agnes Dereon Beyince, was a seamstress and designer, and her passion passed down to me.

I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.

I was born into a Greek family, and it was instilled in me not only to be passionate about the culture but also to be freaky loyal.

I've always been passionate about England.

There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.

I'm a passionate monarchist.

My passport's green.

I feel French, beyond the passport.

I have a British passport, but the rest of my family have Indian passports, and I am Indian.

I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

You can have Irish identity in the north and also have your Irish passport.

I have an American passport, but I don't always remember I'm an American citizen.

I was allowed to take my adoptive father's surname. My birth certificate has a different name. My passport has both my adoptive and biological father's surnames.

I am just grateful I have a British passport and a country here.

I'm happy being Canadian and I'm proud of where I come from. So I'll keep my passport.

Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let them look also to the land of their children.

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.

We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.

In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no matter what one's birth and background, to accept the historical past of the new country as one's own.

All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

Learning about our past is definitely important, not only for Australians but people around the world. It's something that Australia should never be ashamed of. It's part of our history. It's part of us.

We can't let the past be forgotten.

My grandfather's family used to own a pasta factory in Naples and they would go door-to-door selling their pasta. So his love of food came from his parents, which was then passed down to my mother and then again to me.