It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.

His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son.

I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.

When I'm writing a novel, I'm dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I live in the past with my characters. It is this that makes a novelist so eccentric and unpleasant.

There is a certain phase in the life of the aged when the warmth of the heart seems to increase in direct proportion with the years.

It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine - back to the first blob of life-like material that came into being on the planet.

Descendants of New England pioneers are proud of their ancestry and glad to proclaim the fact that so far as the United States are concerned, New England is in deed the cradle of religious liberty.

I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people.

And, you know, the fact is, if you believe in evolution, we all have a common ancestor, and we all have a common ancestry with the plant in the lobby. This is what evolution tells us. And, it's true. It's kind of unbelievable.

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea.

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.

It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.

Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.

The Democratic Party is like a mule. It has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.

People like to trace their ancestry.

We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future.

I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child.

The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.

Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.

Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come.

The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations.

I can't think of any more important issue. If we get this right, we'll not only preserve our landscape for future generations we'll be able to generate I think more investment and more job opportunities in the inland and we sure as hell need those jobs.

Eight generations of African-Americans are still waiting to achieve their rights - compensation and restitution for the hundreds of years during which they were bought and sold on the market.

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.

All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form.

It's a song that we sing after we win a Test match. We sing it after every one-day series win. It's been passed down through the generations. It's the culture of the Australian team.

There was a big question as to whether or not different generations have grown up differently.

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.

All social workers want is to get everyone involved in a programme. Because a programme provides full employment for three generations of social workers. And they mess up.

But these realities will make themselves felt soon enough and while I am certainly not asking you to close your eyes to the experiences of earlier generations, I want to advise you not to conform too soon and to resist the pressure of practical necessity.

We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished.

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

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.

Specifically, I am concerned about the long-term condition of Social Security. I am committed to ensuring that current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement face no reduction in benefits, while preserving this vital program for future generations.

In the over two centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, millions of Americans have bravely served our nation in uniform so that all generations can continue to enjoy those same liberties.

Why shouldn't future generations and young Americans have the choice to earn a higher rate of return? Why shouldn't they be able to own their own Social Security so that Congress can't spend it on other things?

How much will you give for the lives of your childrens children, which is yourself? How much are people willing to give up for air, earth, water, animals, and the coming generations? I think the answer to that is pretty clear.

The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family.

My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.