Ancestry And Attitude Quotes

“To be American is to long for whatever our parents fled.”
― Colin Quinn, The Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America

“Through my writing, I learned my Life Lessons from all the experiences in my past, good and bad. Letting go of the drama we create for ourselves is the biggest gift we can ever receive.”
― KoKo Nervelli, The Lie

“We do not brag about ancestors that were not great”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“A plaited link exists between every person and his or her ancestors, not simply through genealogical records, but in the same manner that the soul of a child, from which we sprang from, traces a direct connection to the matured soul of the adult.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“That knave would happily use a sextant to investigate his lineage and only tell the true Sun from a bastard.”
― Stewart Stafford

“When we see what blood we spill, we call out to the gods, but they have forsaken us. We shout to the ancestors; only the sound of the waters answers back. We are left to the mercy which we have for each other.”
― Calvin Baker, Naming the New World: A Novel

“Ancient generations passed down wisdom that all succeeding generations must apply and build upon. We are constantly learning how to interpret the past, not simply ancient history, but also from variegated educational encounters experienced in our own lifetime. We must listen to the voices of our ancestors whom passed along their hopes and dreams. We must also listen to our own youthful voice that optimistically projected the best type of world for us to live in and pass along to future generations of compassionate persons. The collective voices of passionate mavens of nature linked through time created the world that we now enjoy and together they shall alter this world in a profound manner for other people to witness and explore.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“None of our ancestors gave us any particular reason to be proud of them. Except for a rare few, they were all morons and they built of a world of moronity. That is more reason for us to be the first civilized ancestors to our descendants who are just born or yet to be born.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race