Quotes About Heritage

There is so much that the past can teach us. -The Cripple

It is what one really owns in the end, a name." -Istak

There is nothing like the land you belong to claiming you back. But everywhere the earth is the same. -Old David

The importance not just of history, but of roots - that a writer must have then to nurture, to remember if he is to endure.

For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.

The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture.

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, Ours.

Besides, I could never spit in my parents' faces and suddenly declare myself a Jew, like my 'real' parents. It would upset them tremendously.

The stately homes of England!How beautiful they stand,Amidst their tall ancestral trees,O'er all the pleasant land!

Las costumbres de una nación tienen repercusión en su lengua y, a su vez, la lengua es la que en gran medida hace a la nación.

Vinde, christãos do cabo do mundo, com esta vossa verdadeira irmã na fé de Christo, e quiçá que parenta de algum de vós outros por parte do pai que me gerou n'este desterro.

The obstinate presence of the past greedily and steadily swallows up the fragile lifetime of men.

Une civilisation 'seconde': comme le christianisme a hérité de l'Empire romain qu'il prolonge, l'Islam se saisira, à ses débuts, du Proche-Orient, l'un des plus vieux, peut-être le plus vieux carrefour d'hommes et de peuples civilisés qui soit au monde.

We are not only a Latin-American nation; we are an Afro-American nation also.

'Twas founded be th' Puritans to give thanks f'r bein' presarved fr'm th' Indyans, an'… we keep it to give thanks we are presarved fr'm th' Puritans.

The Puritans gave thanks for being preserved from the Indians, and we give thanks for being preserved from the Puritans.

The Limerick Leader reported that 'To-day there's many an O'Grady from Clare, who regard Muhammad Ali as one of their own.

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

I was a VIP, a Very Iranian Person, and things just take longer for us.

And Iranians never forget. You can't say my Aunt Jila's name without someone saying, "You mean the one who burned her rice?" That happened before I was born and even I know about it.

The old woman was the kind who would not cut down a large old tree because it was a large old tree.

Knowing who you are is good for one generation only.

While I am alive I shall never be in such slavery as to forgo my own kindred, or forget the laws of our forefathers.