Quotes About Legacy

You are not a success until you start changing other lives permanently.

Irwin's legacy proved a dangerous one. Today's presenters often close in on wildlife, forcing dangerous animals into interactions that can be physical, confrontational, and extremely stressful for both parties. Audiences are misled into thinking that invading wild animals' space is acceptable. Charming and charismatic hosts often behave in ways that end up hurting the wildlife they profess to love.

My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.

All of us have an earthly father whose image we carry buried deep inside, an image that manifests itself in ways unrecognizable to us but nevertheless professes the touch of another human being.

No one ever really dies as long as they took the time to leave us with fond memories.

I still think we need to stick to our original plan," Bell said. "We brought him into this world, it's up to us to send him away.

In any case, he made me think the unheard-of: The world could go on after our destruction.

It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.

I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better.

Harold Bloom weeps for me.

Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying.

Live as you will have wished to have lived when you are dying.

Tu sei un predestinato, Howard; il tuo cammino è tracciato nelle stelle, ed è fatto della stessa sostanza dell'oro di Tutankhamon. Io, invece, rappresento solo una tappa.

again. Nefertari

Ambitious princes value inherited kingdoms not so much as conquered provinces.

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

Destruction is easy. But creating something that lasts is a challenge.

No, I never thought about my father's money as my money.

people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments. They're with us in the grocery store, as we turn a corner, chat with a friend. They rise up through the pavement; we absorb them through our soles.

She has never tried to find out what happened to her family — her mother or her relatives in Ireland. But over and over, Molly begins to understand as she listens to the tapes, Vivian has come back to the idea that the people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments. They're with us in the grocery store, as we turn a corner, chat with a friend. They rise up through the pavement; we absorb them through our soles.

I have come to think that's where Heaven is, a place in the memories of other where our best selves live

Something inexorable seeds itself in the place of your origin. You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel.