Quotes About Legacy

My goal is for Gunnar to outlive me. That's the way it should be. My dream is for him to be a dad himself one day, so he can find out all the anxiety that kids bring to their dads.

I want to write music that will outlive me.

A song is only as strong as its foundation, and when it comes so naturally in any setting, those are the songs that will hopefully outlive you, maybe even outlive the next generation of You.

Maybe this is because I'm a comics historian as much as anything else, but I really have a deep-seated respect for the characters that have been around since before I was born and are probably going to outlive me.

Ultimately, what I want is for my songs to outlive me: I want my songs to keep being played even after I'm gone.

I'll never be able to outlive Kogi. Kogi is a beast.

I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.

The good news is that I've already outlived two Brontes, Keats, and Stephen Crane. The bad news is that I haven't written anything.

All my friends, they're all gone. I've outlived them all.

As an outsider, when you think of Indiana, you think about a place that not only has championships but a championship tradition.

As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an outstanding issue for more than half a century.

To me, it's the outstanding people, people like Jack Kirby that really make a difference, that are very, very important.

When he entered the Oval Office - by fate, not by design - Citizen Ford knew that he was not perfect, just as he knew he was not perfect when he left. But what president ever was?

Every president makes the Oval Office theirs.

The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.

Chanel is everywhere. Pick up a magazine. You'll find Chanel all over it. That's the imprint that she had. I mean, she did so much.

So much of me is because of what my parents experienced in this country. So much of me is because of the things my parents overcame so that I could have the luxury of having a dream.

We have overcome economic devastation, defeated mighty oppressors, and lifted up generation after generation of Americans. We can - and we will - do it again. For that is our birthright as members of the American family - white, black, Hispanic, Asian, immigrant, or descendant of the Founding Fathers themselves.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

I've already overcome a lot of things in my career, and if I don't fight in the UFC anymore, for sure I'm gonna find other ways to keep growing my legacy.

Ice Cube went straight outta Compton to hearing, 'Are we there yet?' Eddie Murphy blew up striding across the stage in a red leather ensemble that would have made Elvis Presley chuckle, yet is probably best known to anyone born in the 21st century as the overly chatty donkey from 'Shrek.'

It takes time to restore an old historic car - you can't just do it overnight. That's how I look at the administration that came before Obama.

The legacy thing is very overrated.