In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white.
When I'm in England, I know I'm a visitor, but being a white man in England with ancestry that's German and Italian, I have a history with the Romans and the Saxons. I feel some connection and ancestry here, as weird as that sounds.
Birth, ancestry, and that which you yourself have not achieved can hardly be called your own.
A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is underground.
If we remind ourselves of the fact that every fifth American today rightly points and perhaps also with a certain degree of pride to his German ancestry or her German ancestry, we can safely say that we, indeed, share common roots.
All of the guests on 'Faces of America' were deeply moved by what we revealed about their ancestry. We were able to trace the ancestry of Native American writer Louise Erdrich back to 438 A.D. We found that Queen Noor is descended from royalty, and t...
By ancestry, I was born to rule.
I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.
People like to trace their ancestry.
In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black.
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an adult when you're 52.
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.
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.
I've got German, Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests, the sea, and fatty foods.
When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.
'Cullum' is Scottish, but I'm nowhere near Scottish. My mother is Burmese, and my father is of German, Jewish, English ancestry.
It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.
The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.
