Brad Pitt Quotes

History is very much bound up in family experience.

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.

My family came over from Spain about nine generations ago. I was born in San Diego, but by the time I was four days old, I was on a flight back to Spain because that's where my family was living at the time.

I really appreciate the British part of my family.

I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother.

In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.

My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.

I've always been fascinated by family ancestry.

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

You want to try to find your heritage.

I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it.

You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.

It's an important thing to remember where you came from.

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.

I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked about in my family. No wonder I've often been cast in exotic roles - Indian princesses, Russian revolutionaries, Algerians, Gypsies and Greeks.

I grew up in Minnesota. Four generations of my father's people are buried there.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

We live in a society that celebrates familial connection above any other kind of relationship. We are shown photos of our great-grandparents and encouraged to marvel over facial similarities. We are told to take pride in our bloodlines, celebrate our ancestry.

You never realise how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.

I am fighting royalty. I have gypsy kings on both sides of the family.

People will not look forward to posterity who are not anxious to look backward to their ancestry

My father's family is German and Czech.

My dad's family comes from the North, and my mother's family comes from somewhere around Carmarthenshire.