Quotes About Legacy

They took it for more than it was, or anyhow for more than it said; the container was greater than the thing contained, and Lincoln became at once what he would remain for them, "the man who freed the slaves." He would go down to posterity, not primarily as the Preserver of the Republic-which he was-but as the Great Emancipator, which he was not.

despite all he had endured as a black in the South in the first half of the twentieth century, he taught the boys that America was rich in opportunities for blacks if they were willing to work.

it was slavish to think that black advancement was somehow dependent on the good offices of a white man without half the gravitas of black leaders like King or James Farmer or Malcolm X.

If I were to retire, I would keep my family's interest in the company the same and say, Don't sell.

Death is no respecter of love.

Both Heaven and Hell are retroactive, all of one's life will eventually be known to have been one or the other.

First off, it's not junk," Arthur said, his voice rising. "It started on an island in World War II. With things from an island. It started with Death and War.

Exactly what was wrong with her? And could she pass it on to any children she may have?

I'm merely pointing out that the gene that controls intelligence skipped a generation in the Van Holtz household.

As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time.

Ray Bradbury was not ahead of his time. He was perfectly of his time, and more than that: he created his time and left his mark on the time that followed.

We're here for such a short amount of time. Why do we spend any of it building sandcastles?

It is a burden because I get asked about my father all the time. I just need to accept that he was a champion before me.

I've always felt that, although Truffaut was greatly revered and admired, at the same time, in terms of film and how much he loved film, he was underestimated.

It's time for new bands to step up because KISS and Mtley Cre, Aerosmith, The [Rolling] Stones... we're not always gonna be here. Who's gonna replace us? There's no one out there. It's sad.

The wonder is that communism lasted so long. But then again, modern poetry lasted a long time, too.

Both of them were ahead of their time, but they didn't live long enough to see the time they were ahead of.

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was.

The flood of time is rolling on; We stand upon its brink, whilst they are gone To glide in peace down death's mysterious stream. Have ye done well?

However gradual the course of history, there must always be the day, even an hour and minute, when some significant action is performed for the first or last time.

It's never gone so far as me wishing I'd never done 'Quadrophenia,' but there was a time when I wouldn't talk about it because I wanted people to be interested in me for other things as well.

We [ The Kansas]'re somewhat hard-pressed at this time to imagine any bands that'll be around 40 years from now (and that's our personal opinion).

The very first time I had Whitney Houston on my show, however many years ago, I thought, "You are 'the voice.'" You are the voice, that was my name for you.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.