Pedigree – Quotes

Sometimes you want to

Sometimes you want to dress a certain way… that doesn’t always reflect your pedigree. Ezra Koenig

The big guys choose who they want to fight and they think about history: ‘how many times I defended my title.’ They try to break a record: ‘how long I was there.’ But if you look at the pedigree, who they fought, ain’t nobody gonna give them credit for it because they fought a lot … Read more

I was called before

I was called before the head matron, a tall woman with a stolid face. She began taking my pedigree. What religion? was the first question. None, I am an atheist. Atheism is prohibited here. You will have to go to church. I replied that I would do nothing of the kind. I did not believe … Read more

The pedigree of honey

The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him is aristocracy. Emily Dickinson

Every schoolchild knows that

Every schoolchild knows that Columbus set out across the sea to prove that the world was round. But the belief in a spherical earth had a long and illustrious pedigree, as Columbus himself was well aware. . . . \”The second reason that inspired the Admiral [Columbus] to launch his enterprise and helped justify his … Read more

I can’t impress people

I can’t impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies. Doug Liman

If ever you are

If ever you are tempted to become discouraged or to lose faith, remember those faithful Saints who remained true in Kirtland. Hold on a little longer. You can do this! You are part of a special generation. You were prepared and preserved to live at this important time in the existence of our beautiful planet … Read more

I’d rather have an

I’d rather have an inch of a dog than miles of pedigree. Dana Burnet

The information highway is

The information highway is being sold to us as delivering information, but what it’s really delivering is data… Unlike data, information has utility, timeliness, accuracy, a pedigree… Editors serve as barometers of quality, and most of an editor’s time is spent saying no. Clifford Stoll

Others may question your

Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is inside you no one can take from you or tarnish. This is your worth, who you really are, your degree that can go with you wherever you go, that you bring … Read more