Quotes About Legacy

Everyone has a black guy inside them. Mine is a Cuban sonero who is 80-something years old and sings better than I do. His name is Medoro Madera. Medoro has been recording since 1997.

Aretha Franklin holds a significant place in the collective heart of America. She's a singular example of what we represent at our best.

Shirley Jackson enjoyed notoriety and commercial success within her lifetime, and yet it still hardly seems like enough for a writer so singular. When I meet readers and other writers of my generation, I find that mentioning her is like uttering a holy name.

My legacy is that Merck continues to do what Merck has always done, which is to make singular impact on human health and animal health around the world. It's that simple.

To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more.

It's so easy to fetishise the dead. We rose-tint or villainise them, and so often in the retelling they are saints or sinners, rather than flawed humans muddling along like the rest of us.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

I took on the sins of everybody, of a generation, really.

Lance Armstrong has joined the legion of the lost, the great athletes who were barred or exiled for sins admitted or charged or suspected.

There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.

I like to be busy. I once shared an agent with the late Sir John Gielgud, who, at 96, was apparently still ringing up, saying, 'Hello, Gielgud here, any work?' Good on him. We've got to keep working. If we retire, there'll be nobody to play the old wrinklies, and that would be a dreadful shame.

Not many people know this but my team in England is Manchester United. Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, George Best, all great players. We created a bond when we played each other and I still speak to Bob from time to time, though I can't get used to calling him 'Sir Bobby.'

After Sir Alex Ferguson, it's been a difficult time for Man United, but actually, many people know that after Sir Alex Ferguson, it would be difficult for Man United.

It will not get better than Sir Alex Ferguson. It just won't.

It was a pleasure to work alongside Sir David Attenborough and Hans Zimmer.

The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others.

Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the best managers in football history.

I am proud to have been part of a Sir Alex Ferguson team.

I played for 20 years for Sir Alex Ferguson, and he could be a scary man.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been a massive influence on me.

Working with Hirani sir is a big thing for me. At least in my resume, I'll have a mention of his name in my filmography.

Sir Alex Ferguson already has his place in the history books; he is definitely one of the best coaches ever.

I've always admired great football managers, and Sir Alex Ferguson had so much success.

Manchester United is a world-famous club, and yet if you say, 'Manchester United,' then immediately you think of Sir Alex Ferguson. To have achieved so much and have so much importance at such a big club is extremely rare.