Browsing Quotes With Tag: family-history (36)
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Old Age: Faded Genes
Speaker: GayPosted: 06 Nov 2011 at 10:02 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.
Speaker: John BarrymorePosted: 06 Nov 2011 at 10:01 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
My ancestors are giving me “Bad Heir” days.
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Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.
Speaker: Van Wyck BrooksPosted: 06 Nov 2011 at 10:00 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Never destroy any aspect of personality, for what you think is the wild branch may be the heart of the tree.
Speaker: Mrs. Henry GeorgePosted: 06 Nov 2011 at 9:59 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A family reunion is an effective form of birth control.
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Good men must die, but death, cannot kill their names.
Speaker: ProverbPosted: 06 Nov 2011 at 9:57 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.Speaker: T.S. EliotPosted: 06 Nov 2011 at 9:55 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I’m searching for myself. Have you seen me?
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Genealogist haunt cemeteries
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Genealogists: The only people that are happy to receive a death certificate in the mail.
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My ancestors must be in a witness protection program.
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I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmic primordial atomic globule. Consequently, my family pride is something inconceivable. I can’t help it. I was born sneering…
Speaker: W. S. GilbertSource: The MikadoPosted: 06 Nov 2011 at 9:52 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The definition of genealogy: Chasing your own tale.
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Our family gene pool needs some chlorine.
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Mark Twain once remarked that he spent $25 to research his family tree, and then he had to spend $50 to cover it up.
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Having children is hereditary. Chances are that if your parents didn’t have any children, you won’t either.
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The grandson wants to remember what the father wished to forget.
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Our family is like the branches of a tree. We may grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one. Each of us will always be a part of the other.
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Jump into your genes…and dig up your roots.
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