Quotes About Lineage

We are not our blood

even as he bred new ones from his famed and well-worn loins. It

It is the right of the grandfather to tell the grandson later what was said while in the womb. It is the right of the grandfather to give the name that will serve as a life program to its bearer. Grandfather

king who had sons by more than one woman, leading to uncertainty about which of them would succeed him.

I thought my blood must survive—my line—but it's not so. My knowledge, yes—the long knowledge remembered, repeated, the pride, yes, the pride and warmth, Mordeen, warmth and companionship and love so that the loneliness we wear like icy clothes is not always there. These I can give.

I guess getting down on your knees runs in the family

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.

The album ['A Seat at the Table'] really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage.

My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

He who is not proud of his own blood is not worthy of it.

It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

I'm from such an old family, it's been condemned.

My family history begins with me, but yours ends with you.

I come from a long line of teachers. Not only did I not go into the family business; I had an aborted law career and I played in bands. 'Disco Pigs' was my first professional acting experience.

My dad was a doctor and surgeon. He was the fifth generation of his family to become a doctor.

Everyone wants to procreate, have a miniature version of themselves running around, to carry on the family line.

Your ancestors are rooting for you.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

'Tis happy for him that his Father was born before him.

I don't mind if, according to the Law of Evolution, my grand grand grand etc. father is a monkey,but I do mind if he is a hyena or a jackal!

You are — truly your father's son, Harry. . . .