Quotes About Heritage

My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education.

I'm 100 percent Jewish by blood, but by education I'm nothing. By affiliation I'm nothing.

Storytelling is the oldest form of education.

I am Welsh by birth, English by education, and European by nature.

History is rich knowledge. In your travel, learn brief history of the place visited.

The Jews have always been students and their greatest study is themselves.

There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.

I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.

For some reason, humans have this funny thing about where we came from - it always has far more emotional weight than where we are.

You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy. And ummm, yes, I feel a huge emotional attachment to England.

We must strive to become good ancestors.

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors.

The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans.

Any living cell carries with it the experience of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors.

Telling about our lives is important for those who come after as, for those who will see our experience as part of their own historical struggle.

All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I know then they are going to have a better appreciation for what is here in Maine.

The African-America n experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry.

The immigrant experience of all of us is what makes us Americans, because we value in our DNA liberty and opportunity above all else.

I can't say I'm thankful about being German because I sometimes experience it as a huge burden. But it is an integral part of me and I wouldn't want to escape it. I have accepted it.

It is the black poet who bridges the gap in tradition, who modifies tradition when experience demands it, who translates experience into meaning and meaning into belief.

For me, even just being English was a whole sort of experience in as much as I'm Australian.

Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents.

The United States has a long tradition of preserving the all-American outdoor experience, dating back to the days of President Theodore Roosevelt.

There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.