Quotes About Heritage

Without ties to our ancestors, we are lonely specks of dust, adrift and floating, attached to nothing and no one.

But that's what our ancestors did, Millie. This is where we all come from. Some part of you, some ancient memory deep in your brain, recognizes this continent as home.

We don't inherit our parents' sins. Or their virtues.

When you touch someone who authentically represents a tradition, you not only touch his or her tradition, you also touch your own.

Whole branches of Judaism may wither and fall, but the trunk remains

I am a daughter of these mountains, and of the tales. Once, I wanted to be in the tales themselves. When I was young, I had my part in one—a small part, but important. When I grew older, I had my part in another kind of story. But now I want to become a teller of tales.

To regret religion is to regret Western civilization.

Breathing in, I see all my ancestors in me: my mineral ancestors, plant ancestors, mammal ancestors, and human ancestors. My ancestors are always present, alive in every cell of my body, and I play a part in their immortality.

When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted.

If we don't take the time to tell our children about our culture, they'll lose it. But we also have to be aware that in each culture there are flowers and garbage, and there is no need to idealize one culture or denigrate another.

I know my roots and I cannot forget the journey I made.

My family's journey is something I am very proud of - in front of me, behind me and every part.

Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions.

Judaism is in all my books.

Judaism is a big part of my background, obviously, and my reality.

Judaism is not just a religion but a people, and the food and customs of one part of the people is connected to the other part of the people. They are part of a larger story.

I sometimes wonder why I talk about Judaism so much in my act, and the reason is that it's such a huge part of who I am, and I only make fun of stuff that I care about.

My grandfather had been a well-known judge in Berlin.

I don't want my children growing up in a world where they think that their heritage and skin colour could be judged negatively.

The Fourth of July concert is invigorating in so many ways, in terms of what it feels like to be an American.

I'm a little Italian girl from New Haven who, as an actor, gets to jump classes through language.

A car isn't a classic just because it's old. To be a classic, a car has to tell us something of its time.

I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.

Just because my parents left Ramannagudem does not mean that I do not hail from Telangana.