Quotes About Legacy

The Vietnam War soured President Johnson's legacy. We still have to recognize his domestic legacy.

Don't forget the Vietnam War was brought to us by Democrats.

And just as there was something of every Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh so there is something of Ho Chi Minh in almost every present-day Vietnamese, so strong is his imprint on the Vietnamese nation.

I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all.

I believe history will come to view 9/11 as an event on par with November 22, 1963, the date on which John F. Kennedy was murdered, cutting short a presidency that was growing ever more promising. Dreams died that day in Dallas; it is easy to imagine the 1960s turning out rather differently had President Kennedy lived.

With AC/DC, we've always started with rock, and we've just kept it going. The critic's view is always, 'They just made an album and it's the same as the last one.' I'll have fifteen of them, anytime.

I am not going to opt for a short-term view for a 206-year-old institution like the SBI.

The older I get, the more important my view of the family is.

Ultimately, the appraisal of Grant's presidency rests upon posterity's view of Reconstruction.

We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet. In my view we have nothing to show for it. We haven't invested in our roads, our bridges, our waste-water systems, our sewer systems. We haven't even maintained the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us.

To be honest, I'm really not interested on how I'm viewed as. The only thing I'm interested in is to keep creating something special. Whether that something is synonymous to me or not is really none of my concern.

That word doesn't apply to him." "I agree. A man is not entitled to be called a father merely because he once had a well-timed spasm of the loins.

Tell me, what kind of woman managed to land the most decorated soldier in England?' 'The kind who cares nothing for medals or laurels.' Giving him a frankly disbelieving glance, Fenwick said, 'How can that be true? Of course she cares about such things. She is now the wife of an immortal.' Christopher stared at him blankly. 'Pardon?' '...warriors are revered. They are never forgotten.

I'll be a Winterborne," Helen said calmly. "They should worry about that I'll think of them.

Lord, it was expensive to die

It's a house. No more and no less. There isn't a structure on earth that could last forever. But a family goes on." -Leo

Yes, I think it's helping. Ugh. You had better pray for a boy, Westcliff, because this is your only chance at an heir. I'm never going through this again—" "Open your mouth," he said, and fed her more flavored ice.

Our family history was erased and rewritten a thousand times.

They still had the power to hurt their children from the grave.

You see, Eversby Priory is in good hands: yours. You've changed hundreds of lives for the better, including mine. Whatever the word is for a man who's done all that…it's not 'scapegrace.'" West paused. "My God, I can feel sincerity rising in my chest like a digestive disorder. I have to stop.

The fourteen-year-old boys, Ashton and Augustus, were the youngest offspring of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hunt, who had been close friends to the Challons since before Phoebe had been born.

A sad statement of a man's life, that the world should have been so improved by his absence.

It was hardly a surprise to find St. Vincent here, since his family owned the club, and his maternal grandfather had been Ivo Jenner himself. In recent years, St. Vincent had taken over the management of the club from his father. By all accounts, he was doing an excellent job of it, with his customary cool and relaxed aplomb.

Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.