Quotes About Legacy

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I'm going to be alive, I want to be challenged - to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn't an easy way, but it's a rewarding way.

If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.

Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.

To me, a Harris Tweed jacket is the kind of thing you should be able to have in your closet years from now - possibly it was your father's jacket or, even better, your grandfather's jacket.

I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.

I can possibly say I have entertained and educated more people than anyone else in the world.

It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause.

I've had a great run. I've been a world champ. I've been a top contender. I've been a poster boy for the organization, for sponsorships, been able to do a lot.

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.

At some point in my life, before I was gone, I wanted to make an album, even if it was for no reason other than posterity.

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have a place in posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn't care less about legacy!

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.

I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.

I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.

The innovative process is a fragile one, dependent on a complex, often messy interplay of imagination, competition, and exchange. Curbing new ideas hurts not only individual creators but the audience for which they create and the posterity that inherits their legacy.

When I was young, anywhere I would go in Germany, I would see my father's posters. Everyone knew about him. And he had many friends who were artists who were also quite famous. So, for me, it seemed very natural to be an artist and be known.

Never forget when posting something on Instagram that it lasts forever. Instagram is embarrassing enough as is, so be careful. A post might not embarrass you in this moment, but it's likely to in the future. So don't only think about yourself; think about your future self.

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.

I busted my bird for 60 years in the business, but my grandkids only know me as Mr. Potato Head.

My grandchildren just know me now as Mr. Potato Head.