Quotes About Legacy

There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon.

Slayer just goes from generation to generation to generation, because it's just so great.

We became one of those bands that could be around forever like Slayer. We can go on as long as we want to, as long as we have fun.

I'll sleep when I'm dead.

If the dinosaurs are any indication, there's a place in our pantheon for the extinct. My son has a blue plushy allosaurus he calls Spot-Spot, with whom he often sleeps.

The biggest thing is, I can never forget where I come from. That's why I wear Miami on my sleeve. I never forget where I grew up.

I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'

It's odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, 'I've been reading you all my life.' It makes you feel a slight chill.

We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that.

Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and tell me, tell me that we will think of them together, now and later, when we realise the misery of the times and the magnitude of their sacrifice.

I like to say that I don't have the slightest doubt that Barack Obama read me in the early 80s. It's the kind of person he was!

As a rock band, you're slightly one foot in the past, playing instruments like guitar, bass and drums.

In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.

I feel slightly embarrassed by being called 'the godfather.'

Although I come from a political family, I consider myself a slightly atypical politician.

Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of observation.

Maybe we slip so easily into blaming our parents - you're perpetually a child and they're perpetually a parent and you long to balance the equation, but it can only be balanced posthumously.

Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.

People tell me I have to follow in the footsteps of my mom and grandfather, but it's a lot of pressure. I can't really slip up and mess up the name.

I would like to be No. 2 but never No. 1. When I was No. 1, all eyes were on me. No. 2 slips out the door quietly and makes another great record.

You can build your legacy and your legacy can be big, but even after you slip or fall, you learn, and your legacy is getting even bigger.

I'm a farmer. I always will be a farmer. When I die, I'll be a farmer. It's something that I've wanted to do since I was 8 years old. I can tell you also that I see opportunity slipping away for our kids.

In 1994, we had the first record by a true heavy metal band to ever hit the Billboard top No. 1 slot. We paved the way. And we always waved the heavy metal flag.

A lot of people say when you have kids, you slow down. I want my kids to see me race.