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I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.

We should not look down on our first ancestors.

Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic.

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago.

We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work.

You know, I try not to look back, because looking forward is so much better than looking backward.

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.