From time to time great quotes having something to do with history, records keeping, or some other facet of genealogy comes our way. Below are some prime examples. R. Campbell, Ed.

Genealogy Quotes

"Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong it its current. No sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away."
--Marcus Aurelius

"Studying history without genealogy is like reading with one eye shut."
--Tom Nicholas, 1896-1993.
Tom Nicholas practiced law and researched history in Casper, Wyoming.
Quote from Nicholas Papers, May 22, 1965.

"Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded."
Virginia Wolfe, Author and Critic, 1882-1941

"I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but four our contribution to the human spirit."
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

"There is nothing more interesting than a bunch of dead people."
Author Unknown

"The difference between a geologist and a genealogist is that one digs in the dirt and sometimes finds artifacts, while the other digs in facts and sometimes finds dirt."
--Rootsweb Review, 3 Jan. 2001