Progenitors Quotes

I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are.

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.

My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say.

I come from good stock. Both of my parents are big - my dad is a big guy; my mom is a big lady.

You can't ever make assumptions about a family tree.

To turn our hearts to our fathers is to search out the names of our deceased ancestors and to perform the saving ordinances in the temple for them. This will forge a continuous chain between us and our forefathers eventually all the way back to Father Adam and Mother Eve.

It is important for us to understand where we came from and how we got here because it would be very foolish of us to get off that horse we rode in on.

You, yourselves, are principally to blame for allowing this in the past. You have allowed great squatters of the worst type to rule you to their own advantage; they have themselves grabbed the good land, and they attempt to pose as your friends by offering you the crumbs that fall from their table. You have the power in your own hands now, and if you do not wish to be forever serfs of territorial gods almighty; if you have got any of the energy of your progenitors, you will not stand this kind of injustice any longer. You will say to them with me — Wealth that we make for you, money we earn; give us our share of them, give us a turn. If you have the pluck to say this, then return me as your representative, and I will lead you

I believe that just as everyone inherits a particular form so does he inherit the particular characteristics and qualities of his progenitors, and to make this admission is to conserve one's energy.

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.

Each of you, descendant of some passed on traveler, has been paid for.

So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents?