John Phillips Marquand Quotes

My family's journey is something I am very proud of - in front of me, behind me and every part.

My son Cary's generation likely won't know who my father was, but it's something nice for him that his grandfather was an icon. I had one chance to pass along that name.

My dad grew up really poor in Mississippi. I paid attention to that because I thought that's a healthier thing to pay attention to than, like, some statue of a great-great-great grandfather who has no connection to my life.

Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.

You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.

She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.

Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers.

I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather.

When you think about your heritage, you think about toughness and hard work.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

My parents have always been very concerned of making sure we know who we are and where we come from. I have to give them credit for that. Knowing your roots is quite important.

My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

I have a deep tribal sense. I grew up in a synagogue that my ancestors built. I sat in the third row. My family was decent. They were good people; they were handshake people. So I never had a sense of rebellion.

I'm not Chinese, but both of my parents were born in Iran; my brother and I were the first ones born here. First in our family to go to college, that whole thing.

Sometimes in Asian homes it is all about where we've come from, which is important too, but it is about where you live and where you're born and the people who are the same as you.

I have goals, I have my purpose. I want to build upon what my grandpa and my dad and my stepdad did in the past.

There's been a ham in every generation of our family.

History has always fascinated me. Coming from a family that has it's own regal history, I always like places that have a rich past.

I come from a long line of generations!

Of what avail are pedigrees?

We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn betrays its ancestor.

The past lives within the present, and our ancestors breathe through our children.

On my mother's side I'm Polish-Jewish, and on my father's side I'm Scottish puffin.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University.