Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Author
"A family reunion is an effective form of birth control."
Genealogy quotes
Genealogy
16 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Joan Didion
Author, Essayist
"The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried."
Florence King
Author
"Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn betrays its ancestor."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"It is possible to imagine a society flushed with such a sense of power that it could afford to let its offenders go unpunished."
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"He traced the genealogy of the feeling."
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