Quotes About Legacy

Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet.

For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a sense of passion and excellence to his craft. For me, he is a man who fused joy and courage as few others ever have. My life was enriched by having such a friend; it is poorer for losing such a friend.

I'd like to be remembered as good person and as one of the best comedians of my generation.

When Dad died in 1998, it really hit my confidence - he'd helped me write and he thought I was really funny, but since he'd died I didn't feel right. And it felt like no one but me even remembered him.

I hope I'll be remembered for my scientific contribution to understanding life and human life.

It's hard to separate your remembered childhood and its emotional legacy from the childhoods that are being lived out in your house, by your children. If you're lucky, your kids will help you make that distinction.

I hope to live long and be happy. But I'd like to be remembered as somebody who did good rather than mischief.

I'd like to be remembered for the way I went about doing my job.

When people think of me initially, they remember me as 'Akeelah.' Sometimes it can be frustrating to be remembered at an age that you've outgrown.

If I am to be remembered for anything I have done in this profession, I would like it to be for the four films in which I directed Spencer Tracy.

I would like to be forgotten. What's so good about being remembered?

I was probably unusually close to my parents, so I do what I can now to preserve the integrity of their memory. The Holocaust deserves to be remembered.

I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.

I think, along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks will go down as one of the two most well-known and remembered figures out of the Civil Rights Movement.

I want to be remembered for having a great love for my fellow man. Because, you know, I do.

I knew I was born at the North but hoped nobody would find it out. I looked upon the misfortune as something so shrouded by time and distance that maybe nobody remembered it.

Once I will arrive in the ring, I'm going to make the most of this fight because this fight I will remember for the rest of my life. From my point of view, this night is going to be remembered by the British people. Not from the American people as much, but from the British fans here who will watch me beat Canelo Alvarez.

Long before we created libraries, or even books, poetry was the way we humans remembered who we were, a primary means of documenting and contemplating our lives.

I would rather wait and keep working on myself harder and wait for the right opportunity. It is not quantity but quality I should be remembered for.

If I get to do only 10 roles, then I should be remembered for all the ten roles.

I want to be remembered for a body of work so that when the next guy comes up, he could think of Sterling K. Brown in the same way that I think of Andre Braugher and James Earl Jones.

I want to be remembered as a great performer.

I want to be remembered as someone like Mohammad Ali. He was not just a fighter - he was a freedom fighter.

I remember at one stage, I was like, 'Oh no. I'm going to be remembered as the 'Do You Mind' Girl.'