“My ancestors didn't come over in the Mayflower -- they met the boat.”
Will Rogers
“My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.”
“I am glad my ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, but I am gladder that there are nine generations between us.”
William Lyon Phelps
“There are literally millions of Mayflower descendants.”
Ann Lainhart
“Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.”
Douglas Adams
“The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who...looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space...on the infinite highway of the air.”
Wilbur Wright
“GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.”
Ambrose Bierce
