Quotes by Inheritance Cultivation is at least one of the greatest natural improvements ever made by human invention. It has given to created earth a tenfold value. But the landed monopoly that began with it has produced the greatest evil. It has dispossessed more than half the inhabitants of every nation of their natural inheritance, without providing for them, as ought to have been done, an indemnification for that loss, and has thereby created a species of poverty and wretchedness that did not exist before. Thomas Paine inheritanceevilloss I rejoice when I hear of young men of virtue and talents, worthy to receive and likely to preserve the splendid inheritance of self- government, which we have acquired and shaped for them. Thomas Jefferson inheritanceselfmen The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance. Walter Gilbert schemesinheritanceevolution Religion is the eldest sister of philosophy: on whatever subjects they may differ, it is unbecoming in either to quarrel, and most so about their inheritance. Walter Savage Landor inheritancephilosophyreligion The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation. William J. Clinton inheritancefutureopportunity Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while. Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more. William Least Heat-Moon inheritancechancemen English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language and in its great writers there are great riches and treasures, of which, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare stand along on the highest platform. Winston Churchill inheritancetreasureliterature The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship. Winston Churchill inheritancefoundationmay I am a subject, William Shakespeare inheritancechallengeslaw I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities? Wynton Marsalis inheritancespiritualfundamentals Our culture is what we did together. What did Walt Whitman represent for all of us? What was his message to us? That is an inheritance, and when we squander that inheritance we act outside. We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are. Wynton Marsalis inheritancetogetherculture The origin of each of us stems from codes of genetic inheritance. John Eccles geneticoriginusinheritance To the brains of our predecessors we owe all of our inheritance of civilization and culture. John Eccles oweinheritancecivilizationculture Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to natural and sexual selection. Peter R. Grant adultinheritancenaturalbird Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals. Peter R. Grant aboutnothinginheritancebehavior«123456
