Quotes About Legacy

My grandmother was the best. She loved you for you. She loved me for me. She was old-school. They broke the mold with her. They don't make them like that any more.

Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.

My dad and my mom were big Nat King Cole fans, so they had everything he did.

My mom and grandma have made clothes their whole life. My grandma had her own factory.

I went to Brooklyn College as an education major. It was a big deal in the family, but really, I was living for Mom and Dad.

Even coming from Ghana to the United States, my mom and dad did so much to provide a better life for their kids. It was such a huge sacrifice; leaving your entire family - and we have a huge family - leaving them to come to America and have a better life for their kids.

I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

I shall think of Freddie Mercury every day - maybe for a moment, maybe for longer.

That's really important to me - creating moments that last forever.

If you think of 'Liberty Valance' or 'The Searchers,' there are moments in there that you'll never, ever forget... And it does not matter what century you are from.

These few dollars you lose here today are going to buy you stories to tell your children and great-grandchildren. This could be one of the big moments in your life; don't make it your last!

A lot of top fighters, what do they do after they retire from fighting? They're real popular. Like Tito Ortiz. They've got so much momentum, they're so popular and then they fall off the face of the Earth. They should take acting lessons. They should keep their fans.

No one can beat Momma. She made me the person I am today - the way I think and act and move and talk and speak. It's all because of her.

We all got older, and we'd tell our children things like, 'Mommy used to be in a famous rock band,' but they didn't believe us. Part of the reason for our reunion was to show our children what we did to make the lives they have possible.

I always knew I was going to be a mommy, and because I came from a family of three kids, I always assumed I would have three!

I don't want to be known as just a 'Dance Moms' competitor. I'd really like to be known for all of Sia's work, too.

One child is never enough for a monarch.

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.

The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.

Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.

It's about legacy, it's about moments, it's about being an icon - I'll do what I do and the money will flow.

Monk's gone, and House is gone. Maybe I can pick up where they left off.

My dad was into jazz, so there was a lot of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington playing in the house, but also a lot of soul, such as Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald, while my mum liked Prince and Diana Ross.

On the whole, monks do not become famous - and that is a good thing - but monasteries do - and that is an excellent thing. In other words, it is the community that matters.