Quotes About Legacy

If there were a Mount Rushmore of American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they'd carve it from

Expect not praise without envy until you are dead.

I think the reason Jesus is so popular, just on a celebrity level, is that he died at the peak of his career.

I come from a family of musicians. Even the sewing machine is a Singer.

Written on her tombstone: "I told you I was sick.

There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it.

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.

He [Will Rogers] was America's most complete human document. One-third humor. One-third humanitarian. One-third heart.

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.

I'm a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It's amazing I'm here at all.

I get my sense of humor from my parents. That's why they don't have one anymore.

I wish, when I was first born, the first thing I said was "Quote" so the last thing I said before I died would be "Unquote.

Remember when we was young, everybody used to have these arguments about who's better, Michael Jackson or Prince? Prince won!

A grandchild is God's reward for raising a child.

I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists.

I want to make sure I remember what real ugly is. I might want to tell my grandchildren someday.

I'm beginning to think that if you're going to have a role model you should probably pick someone who's already dead so they can't disappoint you.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree......unless that tree's growing on top of a hill.

You can thank Henry Ford for that. He was a warlock, you know.

It's hard to imagine, seeing all of us breathing yet one day each of us shall be gone, leaving memories.

A woman without a past is like a fruitcake without brandy—insipid!

No one ever thinks about the guy who was raised by the guy who was raised by wolves.

I hope I died honorably. I have a great deal to atone for. - Eler Nersal

The pursuit of historical relevance is an under appreciated endeavor.