Quotes About Legacy

She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the window of her eyes and this is very frightening.

On her eighteenth birthday, my mother had disposed of a man-eating tiger that had ravaged the villages in the hills north of Hanoi. Now, without a moment's hesitation, she raised my father's gun, took aim and put a single, irreproachable bullet through my husband's head.

Consider the nature of a city. It is a vast repository of time.

She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening.

There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we'd lived in different rooms.

I hope that through my work, artists will take some chances, break some rules, and make art that comes from inside of them. I would like to be remembered as a kind person, a great Mom, and a bit unruly - in a good way!

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

May God bless his sons as he blessed the five courageous sons of Mattathias.

The deeds of the fathers are a sign to the sons.

we do not understand history, are we not bound to repeat the mistakes our fathers made?" "Some would say we will make those mistakes in any case," I answered, "for the same passions that motivated our fathers motivate us, and young people

The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.

When we are young we all look through our elders, to see what lies beyond. And when we see what is there, we are the elders ourselves.

The father who would taste the essence of his fatherhood must turn back from the plane of his experience, take with him the fruits of his journey and begin again beside his child, marching step by step over the same old road.

Don't forget about us. No lights are too bright to forget where you come from. Remember. Remember.

Petroc Trelawney.

Because I am your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-Grandmother. But

Because I am your great-great-great-great-great-great-sgreat-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-Grandmother. But you may call me Grandmama." "Grandmama!" said Jenna, aghast.

Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80.

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

no man is free of his own history.

At first she mistook them for sheets of pink crepe paper that someone had crumpled and carelessly flung down the hillside, perhaps after another astonishing party at the club. A moment later she remembered her great-grandmother's words and saw that they were hosts of wild pink zephyranthes that had come up in the night after the first fall of rain.

It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around.

I mean Fanny is almost historical, because when a girl is cute for 50 years it really begins to get historical.

I'm interested in any ingredient that has a history, that's been used by women, that works