Quotes About Legacy

I grew up the No. 1 Michael Jordan fan on Earth. I was from the Philadelphia area and Jordan was king.

I aspire to be like Paul Newman. He was a man's man, a lady's man, and the epitome of a philanthropist.

The Royal family have always been great philanthropists.

As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.

Philanthropy is in the DNA of my family.

On the personal side, family is really important to me. I have a big family - five kids and 12 grandkids - so keeping that going is wonderful. And I do a lot of philanthropy. I'm chairman of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

It's important to do see the results of your philanthropy while you are alive.

All the family money is for philanthropy, except for living expenses for my mother. She is 94 and isn't a big spender.

My family has a history in philanthropy, and I want to continue that legacy.

I've got a better background than anyone else who married into the royal family since the war, excepting Prince Philip.

Philip Seymour Hoffman - I just think he's incredible.

To me Prince Philip was a hero and a role model - and a friend.

Prince Philip is conscious of his place in the heritage of the Royal Family.

Philippines, what an amazing honor it has been to carry your name across my chest and to embody you in all aspects.

I grew up - obviously I'm from Philly, where Kobe is from, so we grew up idolizing Kobe. He meant everything to us.

Philly has that tradition of great basketball.

I would rather be here in the Philly Hall of Fame than the NBA Hall of Fame.

The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America.

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child.

Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it's still on a high note.

When Phish broke up, I made some comment about how I'm not gonna go around playing 'You Enjoy Myself' for the rest of my life.

I seem to be one of the few people in journalism who never worked or wrote for the 'Boston Phoenix.' I certainly read and admired it, and feel the same general malaise at news that it is gone.