Quotes About Legacy

We should be ashamed of ourselves. We inherited the best infrastructure on the globe from our grandparents... and we've taken that inheritance and squandered it.

I like to fish. I collect pocketknives. I inherited a nice collection from my father and grandfather.

I think what you inherit is not real. I haven't inherited anything. What I have is really mine because I made it myself.

My dad, was the archetypal charming man. If I've inherited even a small bit of what he had that would be enough for me.

I've inherited the quality of understanding good music from my father.

I come from a line of women who can bake, so I think I've inherited a bit of family knowledge.

The last thing I wanted in life was to be measured by what I had inherited, as opposed to what I had done.

Like Ekalaiva, I learnt a lot watching my father from afar. Though I did imitate him initially, I soon changed tack. When people have already watched and enjoyed M. R. Radha on screen, why would they need another?

I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.

I know he wanted me to love fishing and hunting, and I believe that he deliberately set about to make me want to do it on my own initiative.

I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.

There's an inner desire, something inside of me, that's always wanted to be great and leave a mark.

The memory of Audrey is in my innermost mind. And I don't need a foundation to commemorate her. That's perhaps a bonus, if you like.

I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.

I've pitched too many innings and pitched too many years - one game doesn't make or break my career.

A hero today must be Raj Kapoor, Sunil Dutt, Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan rolled into one. These are the six hero slots in Hindi cinema and an actor must be able to play all if he wants a long innings.

You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.

Chopin is a great composer who influenced many, many important composers. He was a great innovator, especially in harmony.

Aaron Peirsol was the man. Ryan Lochte is also insane. Like, if Phelps wasn't around, we'd all be talking about Ryan Lochte as the dude who changed everything, because he's insane as well.

I think about legacy, of course. I don't want to make my life nothing. I want to know that I died and made a massive difference. I want to know that my life purpose was bigger than myself, and I want to pay forward because the amount of people that have helped me... the list of people that have contributed to where I am now is insane.

I think my father had a certain degree of insecurity and need to achieve.

On the male side of my family, cancer has been very insidious, and so I'm just attempting to live a lifestyle that doesn't follow in their footsteps.

Coal ash, the hazardous byproduct of burning coal to produce power, is a particularly insidious legacy of the nation's dependence on coal.

My dad was a professional footballer before I was alive. When I was growing up, he was the one who coached and mentored me and helped me to become what I am today. Without his coaching and without his insight and the days and the hours that he put in with me, I wouldn't be the player that I am today.