Genealogical Tree Quotes & Sayings

MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees. — Ambrose Bierce

Of all the trees that have ever been cultivated by man, the genealogical tree is the driest. It is one, we may be sure, that had no place in the garden of Eden. Its root is in the grave; its produce mere Dead Sea fruit ... — Amelia B. Edwards

She'd used the treasure hunt to take me on a tour of all my infidelities. — Gillian Flynn

The power to console is not within corporeal reach - though its attempt is precious. — Emily Dickinson

This is because our personal genetic tree is not equivalent to our genealogical tree, which is to say that not every one of our direct ancestors has contributed to our genome. — Christine Kenneally

Actually the choice is simple. When your child decides to love a new person, you can either see it as a chance to hate some people - the person they choose and their families. However, you can also see it as a chance to love some more people. And since when did loving more become a bad thing? — Chetan Bhagat

I am exhausted if I don't work. — Pablo Picasso

I most carefully confined myself to facts and arranged those facts on as thin a line of connecting opinion as possible. — Mary Kingsley

Reason ought not, like vanity, to adorn herself with ancient parchments, and the display of a genealogical tree; more dignified in her proceedings, and proud of her immortal nature, she ought to derive everything from herself. — Suzanne Curchod