Quotes About Legacy

I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal.

The Freedom Riders literally put their lives and limbs on the line in order to bring about an America that lives up to its own stated ideals. They are nothing short of American patriots, and honoring them more than 60 years after their historic acts is the least we can do.

I made my statement... I had my foot in the '90s.

I was able to do well for myself, make a statement in the league. I had a heck of a time doing it, but at the end of the day, it's about me and my family and being comfortable and being fun.

I knew Roman Reigns when he used to come into the locker room with his father, holding his father's hand, barely out of diapers. And I don't say that as an ironic statement... I mean it sincerely.

I've always said boxing will not retire me, I will retire from boxing, and I stand by that statement.

I kind of prefer to be sort of ahead of the pack checking things out, priming the canvas, if you will, for the younger guys that are going to come up and try to make their own statements about what they feel and what they have to contribute.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

There's a certain clubbiness to the idea that you're an ex-president. You're no longer a politician. You're a statesman.

You hit a certain age, and you haven't died yet, and you become an elder statesman. I think I get a lot of applause because I'm not keeling over.

Former President Shimon Peres was a leader and a statesman, and an especially wonderful friend to all of us. He will be missed dearly.

There are too many politicians in the world and too few statesmen.

Politicians all too often think about the next election. Statesmen think about the next generation.

Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.

Like Grand Central Station, which is a marvelous building, the design and engineering of the Oculus will endure for many generations to come.

There are a lot of things that I remember about Dusty Rhodes. There are so many things that stick out about him. He used to work at my father-in-law's gas station pumping gas.

New York City has a tradition of great stations. There are cities in the world that don't have that. New York has it.

FM stations still play songs from 'Birugaali,' 'Patre Loves Padma,' 'Sanchari' and 'Dheemaku' and people love them. But since the films failed, hardly anybody remembers that I scored the music for these films.

R&B stations don't say 'We have old school artist Ronald Isley in the house.' They say 'We have the legendary Ronald Isley.' But if I come do an interview, they're gonna say 'We have old school rapper Big Daddy Kane in the house.' We belittle ourselves, our music and our culture. It's hard for a lot of legendary artists in hip-hop to overcome.

Pete Rose may not make the Hall of Fame, but a statue of him is going to be erected outside the Cincinnati Reds ballpark.

Fonteyn was our first proper British ballerina, and from the moment I started dancing, her image engulfed me. In my first year at the Royal Ballet School, Margot's statue was outside my dormitory. Like generations of budding ballet dancers before me, I used to touch her middle finger for luck.

The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.

To have a statue of you up 100 years from now at the Superdome, I think that's amazing.

I'm not Hans Christian Anderson. Nobody's gonna make a statue in the park with a lot of scrambling kids climbing up me. I won't have it, okay?