Quotes About Legacy

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.

I'm really proud of all the stuff we've built with Green Lantern - from Larfleeze to the different corps. The universe has expanded and will live well past my run. It was more than just telling another story, but really giving back to the character by expanding and adding to their mythology.

I was pretty naive about how hard it would be to get out from under the family name. Not that I'm complaining.

I want to be one of the greats. I feel like the money and all that is going to come, but I want to be a name that, like, when you say Nas or Jay Z, that's forever.

Rock'n'roll has to be destroyed and rebuilt in my name if it's ever gonna accomplish anything.

People can forget your name, but if you excel at what you do, at least someone will remember you.

I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his children.

Arthur is my middle name; George is my dad's middle name.

My father's family can be traced back to 1400. I've been told by gypsies that there is unmistakeably gypsy blood in me. Lee is a gypsy name, you know.

And that's my honour, that's what my goal is, to always keep my mum's name ringing, because I know what sacrifices she went through for me.

To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.

I am aiming high. I want to achieve a lot here, make history here, and make a name for myself at Everton.

My name at birth was Carol Joan Klein. It would take me five decades to appreciate my surname and the history that came with it. Along the way, I would add an 'e' to Carol and acquire several more surnames.

Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant.

My name is Natasha Trethewey, and I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1966, exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi celebrated the first Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1866.

Life is too short to have anybody named McMahon in mine.

There's a lot of stuff I thought I'd do in the world, but I never thought I'd have a street named after me in my hometown. It's a great feeling.

My name is Zach Galifianakis and I hope I'm pronouncing that right. I'm named after my granddad, my middle name. My name is Zach Granddad Galifianakis.

Coming from the inner city of Cleveland and growing up you never expected a street to be named after you or anything. It's a special honor.

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.

I've always been aware that to be named after someone from the past carries with it all kinds of bittersweetness.

All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.

My dad named me after Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who attacked Rome. But nobody knows about him.

I have some role models. In Brazil, they are mostly writers. A writer named Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto is my favorite. Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis is also a very important figure for me.