Quotes About Legacy

My statue at Ole Miss is a false idol. And it wasn't put there for my benefit. It was put there for Ole Miss and Mississippi.

I get chills when I think that there's a statue of Phil Lynott on a street in Dublin, that people leave flowers by the statue. I love stuff like that.

Most people to whom a statue has been erected are undeserving.

In an imperfect world, full of imperfect leaders, there are countless statues that may not live up to our American values.

The statues of Lenin and Stalin are down, but the fight against their ghosts seems harder.

The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me.

We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues. There is only small amount left and we will destroy that soon.

You want to leave something; you really do. I mean, in the end, statues and all those things, that doesn't mean anything. Leave something that we're all going to benefit from. I think that's what I'd like to do.

There should be no schools, bridges or statues devoted to Trump. His name should live in infamy, and he should be remembered, if at all, for precisely what he was - not a president, but a blundering cheat.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign raises a series of fascinating questions, the most perplexing of all being why an international star of his stature would ever want to run in the first place.

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.

Confucius, who was born in the sixth century B.C., traditionally had a stature in China akin to that of Socrates in the West.

The three-peat has never been attempted, ever, and for me, I think it will add to my legendary status. I want to become one of the greatest athletes ever to have competed in any sport, so for me, that's what it means.

Vijay Anand's death marks the passing away of a true, original mind. Vijay had charisma and cinematic dazzle. He was the first who gave Indian film directors the status of a star.

Russian writers enjoy almost sacred status.

Rightfully given near-deity status in the early days of industrial America, the J.P. Morgans, Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts of the world not only ran our country, they were also revered - and often despised - as larger-than-life personalities who could perform feats mere mortals could only dream of.

I think Star City should have Unesco World Heritage status. It will need to be adapted a little bit and made more glamorous than it looks now, but it should definitely be protected for the future.

Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what they've already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.

I am a staunch believer that every child is born with his own destiny and I would want to do everything possible for my kids for as long as I am around.

Good or bad, if people still talk about you it means that you have managed to stay relevant.

When you are a politician, it means to work for the benefit of the country, not to stay home. In politics, it ends only when one dies.

If you get the basics right, you can freshen things up, you don't want to just regurgitate the past. But we gotta stay true to our historic selves.