Quotes About Legacy

I have an evolving relationship with my father, and his memory, especially the older I get. I know that some of the things that interested him are things that interest me.

History is information. Memory is part of your identity.

If we lose our culture, we lose our memory.

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before or after this date. It's the year I became an adult. My mother died, and I created my company shortly thereafter.

For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.

My wife and kids are the constituents I will be serving long after my days in Springfield are a distant memory.

A generation without history is a generation that not only loses a nation's memory but loses a sense of what it's like to be inside a human skin.

'Memphis' lives in me, and I'm bringing it around the world.

I want to thank the people at UMass, Memphis, and Kentucky for giving Ellen and I an opportunity to coach at three great institutions.

Memphis wasn't hot before Dolph came out.

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Our Constitution framers were men and women with great foresight. They understood the majesty of the rule of law, and of rule by laws.

What we usually do to great men and women is relegate them to homogenised heroism. Their words and actions become soundbites and images in a way that gives us an excuse not to act bravely in our own lives.

That was not what men and women fought for during the war.

What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers.

My parents worked very hard for everything that they got. Their parents worked hard. It's just something that is passed down to you, and whatever you want to accomplish, you have to work hard to get it, and that's always been that mentality that my family has, and I think that's something that was passed on to me.

When you have a team that has won for 20 years, the mentality is strong. When you don't play well, you still know you are a strong team.

You cannot mention Harlem Heat without mentioning Sherri Martel at the same time.

Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me.

I love Glen Campbell. He never gets a mention.

Most of the people in advertising now - mention Bill Bernbach to them, they don't know.

Of course I'm happy when people mention his name and mine in the same breath. It's like a dream. But I know they are overpraising 'Your Name' because I am absolutely not at Miyazaki's level. Honestly, I really don't want Miyazaki to see it because he will see all its flaws.