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Quotes About Legacy

Mr. Watson—Come here" joined "What hath God wrought" in immortality
~ Tom Wheeler
When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!
~ Tom Wopat
Some people care more about that happened a 100 thousand years ago than they care where they will be in 100 years from now.
~ Unknown
If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain, if you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees, if you want a hundred years of prosperity, grow people. Chinese proverb
~ Unknown
Büyük de?i?meyi Adem babam?z?n i?ledi?i o günaha yormakla yetinen Hristiyanlar? mutlu say?yorlar, k?skan?yorlar onlar?. Onlara göre babalardan çocuklara miras olarak günahlar? de?il, günahlar?n?n cezas? kal?yor. Oysa, as?l çocuklar?n günahlar?n?n cezas?n?, üreme kurallar?na uymayan ve çocuklar?n?n e?itimine önem vermeyen babalar?n çekmesi gerekir.
~ Tommaso Campanella
What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold.
~ Tommy Lee Jones
Only old people go to church, when they know they're running out of time.
~ Tomson Highway
Don't mourn me. Be joyful.
~ Tomson Highway
At night, when the streets of your cities and villages are silent, they will throng with the returning hosts that once filled them, and still love this beautiful land. The white man will never be alone. Let him be just and deal kindly with my people. For the dead are not powerless.
~ Tomson Highway
Some say that Weesaceechak left this continent when the white man came. We believe she/he is still here among us - albeit a little the worse for ear and tear - having assumed other guises. Without the continued presence of this extraordinary figure, the core of Indian culture would be gone forever.
~ Tomson Highway
When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do.
~ Toni Morrison
Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network.
~ Toni Morrison
King Zello and his daughter
~ Tony Abbott
Humans are cowards; they leave their problems for their children to sort out.
~ Unknown
The British House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
~ Tony Benn
It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his.
~ Tony Benn
Deane carried the blood of so many Aboriginal people on his hands it could never be scrubbed away, not from the man himself or the town that carried his name.
~ Unknown
She was the People's Princess, and that's how she will stay… in our hearts and in our memories forever.
~ Tony Blair
If we take all this actions and if it turns out not be true, we have reduced pollution and have better ways to live, the downside is very small. The other way around, and we don't act, and it turns out to be true, then we have betrayed future generations and we don't have the right to do that.
~ Tony Blair
Even the lowest dog leaves its mark
~ Unknown
Even the lowest dog leaves their mark
~ Unknown
contract. To get around this problem, the manager of the Orioles, Jack Dunn, adopted George and became his legal guardian. Young George's relationship with Dunn led to him being given his famous name. One day Dunn brought George to the ballpark to show him the ropes. When the other players saw the new player, one remarked, "Well, here's Jack's newest babe." Soon, all his teammates were calling him Babe.
~ Unknown
What are these things that this houses, Eva?" Rovender picked up a crumbling tome. He handed it to her. "These are books," Eva said as the yellowed bits of paper flaked away in her hands to rest on the floor. "It's what humans used to put all of their writing in long ago.
~ Tony DiTerlizzi
Your mother contained a good spirit. A loving spirit. A spirit that will not cease to exist. Eva looked at him, her brows furrowed. Rovender placed his arm around Eva's shoulders. "You see, she lives within you now, in all of the lessons that she taught you. Lessons you will never forget. Lessons you will always carry with you... and will one day pass on.
~ Tony DiTerlizzi