#inherit

The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#active #adjustment #anywhere #climate #delicate

That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad and, frankly, if we had gone into Baghdad and pushed Saddam Hussein off, we would have inherited an even bigger mess than the mess we inherited with the refugee problem. ↗

— Les Aspin

#bigger #even #frankly #go #gone

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past. ↗

— Frederick Henry Hedge

#every #every man #future #heir #his

I told you, the dopes are gonna inherit the earth anyway. ↗

— Sidney Buchman

#earth #gonna #i #inherit #told

My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#fighters #i #inherited #something #were

It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#atomic #biological #human #inheritance #interests

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#attribute #being #children #due #effects

Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#him #inheritance #know #man #never

Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#divided #entirely #him #inheritance #know

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. ' ↗

— Annie Lennox

#feminist #free #i #inherited #morally