Quotes about Heritage

Tradition makes people want to cling to their identity. Change is the enemy.

I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.

True leadership is measured by what happens after you die.

The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

Mama never told me I had a father.

When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is America. South America has many people in it of African descent.

My grandpa was a preacher.

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.

even the worst and most painful family experiences are part of our total identity. God had a plan in placing us in our particular families and cultures. And the more we know about our families, the more we know about ourselves—and the more freedom we have to make decisions how we want to live. We can say: "This is what I want to keep. This is what I do not want to bring with me to the next generation.

In a certain sense we can be proud to have introduced this hairstyle to Europe. 'Plica polonica' should be added to the list of our inventions, alongside crude oil, pierogi and vodka.

Our actual ultimate root is in our humanity, not in our personal genealogy.