#ancestors

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air. ↗

— Wilbur Wright

#ancestors #birds #desire #down #fly

The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors. ↗

— Cole Younger

#being #born #county #fighters #i

Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We are of the arrogant generations who believe a lasting happiness was promised to us at birth. Promised? By whom? ↗

— Amin Maalouf

#family #happiness #life #family

Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden. ↗

— Carl D. Anderson

#heart #home #i #place #reserved

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#conscience #farming #our #scruple #writing

Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#i #invented #maybe #something #sure

Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#even #gentlemen #ladies #majority #mammals

I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India. ↗

— Trevor McDonald

#ancestors #black #came #except #family

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#before #begins #born #hereditary #history

Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a leg bone. Here was 40 percent of a single skeleton. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#arm #bone #brought #find #get