Quotes About Legacy

I resigned on my own, and during my time, the country enjoyed a period of great prosperity.

I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

It's not about opening a door and shutting it right behind you. I want to keep it open so others can come behind me.

My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.

Anyone who knows me knows that I have never been shy about how important Ferran Adria has been in my life; he is a friend, a mentor, an inspiration.

U2 have a lot of religion, also people like Johnny Cash and Elvis. Those people weren't shy about it - it's nice there are people who've come before that were open about it.

We've never been shy to admit that Metallica is a huge influence in our lives and on our music.

My father was a unique man, but he had a shyness about him.

My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children.

My parents have raised me and my three siblings to be aware of the privilege we have been afforded and the responsibility it brings.

The example set by my grandparents and parents - that of giving one's time, talent, voice and resources, either from one's own home or from the highest office in the land - had a profound effect on me and my siblings.

When my father articulated his vision for the future, he expressed his wish that one day his children would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. This dream was not just about me and my siblings, but about our children and their children.

As soon as people heard me speak, they would compare me to my father. My siblings had the same kind of pressure.

In a way, it is easier to be the younger sibling, as the older one has to pave the way.

My siblings and I were raised to honor and cherish those who serve. They are, as my father said, America's most precious resource. I still believe in that vision of the American military. I want my three daughters to believe in it as well.

I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.

You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion.

I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important.

I was captain of the rugby side at Shrivenham - as were my two brothers after me.

History says, 'Don't hope on this side of the grave.'

I love to watch 'Hoarders.' My grandmother was a hoarder. My mother's on her way. I'm an electronics hoarder - I won't throw any out. I still have my first T-Mobile Sidekick... old VCRs in my garage. It scares me that I'm going to end up being buried under electronics.

All I know is that when you look over at the coaches on the other sideline, and all you see are guys who either coached with you or played for you, then you know it's time to get out.

In his time both on the field and on the sideline, Jack Pardee will forever be a part of the Washington Redskins' legacy.

My wife Helen is Cornish and both sides of her family are Cornish going back at least a dozen generations. And I envy that and desperately want it for my children.