Quotes About Legacy

Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives.

We have a long history of our reputation speaking for itself.

I tend to admire dead people more than the living. All too often, human reality diminishes the glowing reputation.

I will retire with the reputation of Idi Amin.

It is certain that concentration camps had a bad reputation with us.

I would like you to consider the difference in the time from 1963 to date. The FBI, at that time, was headed by Mr. Hoover who had been appointed Director continuously. He had, I would say, a good reputation.

Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.

Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York. I can't think of any other place I'd rather die than here.

I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional.

Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.

Knowing that my granddad was a highly respected actor wasn't necessarily intimidating, but it definitely meant there was always a pressure to live up to his reputation. I think that's why acting wasn't something I even considered doing, as a kid.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.

A reputation is really hard to live down.

I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.

Mentoring is the last refuge of the older artist. With luck, disciples will keep one's books in print, one's reputation alive.

I read somewhere that writers, as they get older, become more and more perfectionist. Which may be because they think more highly of themselves and they worry about their reputations. I think there's some truth to that.

I was willing to accept a bad reputation if I deserved it, but it was going to be based on my actions, not on anybody's history. I'm not running from my family - I couldn't embrace my family more. But I wanted to work in an industry where I could define myself, not be defined by my grandfather's history.

The Shield was only around for what? Two years? And we did a lot in two years. I think the fact that people even take those two years and put them up against the reputations of those other groups really says a lot about what we were able to accomplish in that short period of time.

After having grown the brand and elevating the overall reputation of TFC both at home and abroad, it seems I no longer serve a purpose.

I don't think I'll ever get away from my reputation.

Am I afraid of President Maurizio Zamparini's reputation for hiring and firing? No, the only thing I fear is death!

I'm an interested party in obviously the name and reputation of Lucas - because I'm a Lucas, even though I don't go by Lucas.

I like Scott Coker a lot. He built Strikeforce, turned it into what it was and he has a great reputation with fighters and other promoters.