Quotes About Heritage

hijo de gato caza ratones...siempre y cuando sepa que es hijo de gato.

All the rival presidential candidates called themselves Republicans, and each claimed to be the logical successor to the Jeffersonian heritage. Ironically, what the campaign produced was the breakup of the party and the traditions everyone honored. One-party government proved an evanescent phase in American history.

When a man's stories are remembered, then he is immortal.

Remembering a man's stories makes him immortal.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

Every family has its secrets but nothing reveals the truth like DNA

Inheritance is a trickster. One generation may hide its genetic treasures, while the next will put them fully on display.

Unworthy offspring brag the most about their worthy descendants.

Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them.

The extraordinary thing about India is that it's such a family place. It's full of families everywhere.

My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs.

But when thou shalt be in the sweet world, I pray thee bring me to men's memory.

Un Québécois: C'est un individus prêt à mourir pour une langue qu'il ne cherche pas à bien écrire.

Origins sure are powerful and sh*t. You can't shake them.

My father's subject: the relationship between history and the individual. He believes everybody is an 'excretion' of his or her environment. That's the word he uses. Excretion.

A legacy is not about what you did while you were there it is what happens when you are gone

To wit, John Harrison served as the son, grandson, brother, and uncle of one Henry Harrison or another, while his mother, his sister, both his wives, his only daughter, and two of his three daughters-in-law all answered to the name Elizabeth.

The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.

No reason. Because it's always been done that way. That's the standard explanation for anything.

It's a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it's pretty amazing.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children" (Prov. 13:22 NKJV). I

I'm black—not African American. That's a term I don't like. I was born in America and I've never been to Africa. It's an absurd term. A term that Jesse Jackson crammed down the throats of the media. It's ridiculous.

peace of mind is our natural heritage and that we can awaken this potential within us at any time.

We ourselves (one single species) have taken over vast tracts of the inhabitable surface of the planet. Surely, we should allow those other creatures we share the planet with to retain some part of their ancient heritage.