Quotes About Legacy

I propose to build for eternity.

Congress must do what we said we would and find ways to pay for bills we propose so we don't leave future generations mired in debt.

Longevity, for a columnist, is a simple proposition: Once you start, you don't stop. You do it until you die or can no longer put a sentence together. It has always been my intention to die at my desk, although my most cherished ambition is to outlive the estate tax.

I ask everybody, who's the best between Magic and LeBron? Everyone says Michael's greatest. But, OK, well, we'll give him his props. But LeBron is a better athlete, and he can do more than Michael on the basketball court.

Conor is not emulating me. He has to be his own man and learn his trade from the start. He will fight in the amateurs and then, if it works, the pros.

No matter what I do, I'll be forever known as the Manson prosecutor.

I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely.

The prospect of being immortal doesn't excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal.

I grew up watching 'Porridge' and it's so loved, it was a daunting prospect to take on. Fortunately, it was written by the original writers, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who are comedy gods.

The family name hasn't fostered my prospects - ever.

I want to see my family prosper, see my kids grow old.

All of us would like to have our children and their grandchildren grow up with at least the level of prosperity that we had. In the U.S., we seem to be very selfish because the older generation is not making the sacrifices.

I feel responsible; I feel I've got to do something that will leave the kids a place where they can live healthy, safe, productive, creative and prosperous lives.

Having been raised by actors who love moral ambiguity and flawed protagonists, I feel like it's sort of in the blood to want to take it on.

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.

Hopefully, generations after us will continue to protect, preserve, and look after this wonderful land.

So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.

I'm going to go out and get everybody together and say I think we ought to protect this for generations to come. Now, let's get down to work and walk the land and talk about the conflicts and get everybody involved.

You constantly felt like you wanted to protect her and that you wanted to save her and that's what made her attractive more so to women than even to men. That's why she's still with us. Marilyn Monroe never offended a woman.

I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.

I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.

You must understand, that for a daughter to protect her father's image is natural; Freud built a whole career around it.

My grandfather created a big family in Italy. He protected the family; he helped them in hospitals and stuff like that.

I protected Eddie. He never had to fight, because people knew who his older brother was.