Quotes About Lineage

He must have some Tartar in him, don't you think?" "I have no idea," Kate said. "Or is it 'Tatar.

Between the two of us, we've got a family tree rooted in Hell!

She was from the bloodline of kings. He was from the bloodline of killers.' (Carlos)

Here the writer shows the progress and well-being of the line of Esau. He carefully notes that Esau is, in fact, "Edom." The repeated identification of Esau as Edom throughout the chapter prepares us for the future importance of Edom during Israel's later history.

God planted in men a strong desire also of propagating their kind, and continuing themselves in their posterity; and this gives children a title to share in the property of their parents, and a right to inherit their possessions.

Zack, who has a penchant for arcane knowledge, informs Ava that a family of a boy followed by a girl is known as the king's choice. There is the son to carry on the family name, and the daughter to marry off and create a dynasty.

Indeed, she had started to wonder if her blessings might be in her daughters and their progeny rather than in her sons. There was greatness in the female side of her line, and if she could nurture it and enhance its luster, then she would.

Ask any rapper or singer what artist they are an expert on. What artist are they looking to emulate, and really, what artist is the one person they are an expert on? You see, if you want any kind of longevity, if you want any kind of legacy, you need to know what ancestral line you are from.

You know, I come from six generations of college graduates.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

Never have children, only grandchildren.

I have wonderful children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black.

I am from a woman's family. My great-grandmother had three daughters and a son. My grandmother had two daughters, and my mother had two daughters. My sister had a daughter and then finally a son. You should have seen my father with the son. He could not believe that finally there was a boy in the family.

My grandmother was very funny. It skipped a generation.

My grandparents had 15 children, my parents had 2 children and I won't be having any child.

Greek blood courses through me.

My grandfather was a direct descendent of Guru Nanak, which my father also carried forth.

There's been a ham in every generation of our family.

Comtesse de Chagny, nee de Moerogis de La Martyniere

how was a man to be explained unless you at least knew somebody who knew his father and mother?

I have wondered sometimes if there are not perhaps some disadvantages in having really blue blood in one's veins, like grandmamma and me.

I'm a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, a bit of Spanish and one-eighth American. I've often wondered if I have an Asiatic ancestor from the East as well because I have deep-set eyes. Make-up artists are constantly trying to shade my eyelids, and I have to point out that I don't have any!

I want to leave something behind. A blueprint. A work ethic. Something that my great-grandkids and their kids and their kids can see: This is where it started. Lineage. Intergenerational wealth. Things that are here forever. All that.