#descendants

One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#descendants #easily #either #fiction #iliad

I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago. ↗

— John Templeton

#back #centuries #century #convinced #descendants

It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#ball #burden #descendants #direct #drop

Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us. ↗

— Michael Johnson

#believe #benefited #descendants #difficult #gene

Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, 'Who lost America?' ↗

— Eric Liu

#ago #america #astride #capitalist #china