Quotes About Legacy

Being middle-aged is about realising that you've lived most of your life. You don't have as much time in front of you as you have behind you.

But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.

To me, it felt that if I give up my name, I am also sending a message to my children, saying my name was not important enough as your father's; I am not as important as your father. That is a message we are passing down generation after generation without realising.

Prince Philip prides himself on being a realist. He knows he is not going to live for ever.

Our aim is not to die. It is to carry out the revolution, to make a reality of our ideas. We must live, to get them accepted by the people.

After more than 50 years of broadcasting on 'CBS News' and '60 Minutes,' I have decided to retire. It's been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens of people who kept me on the air.

I have said goodbye to international cricket.

When all is said and done, the greatest satisfaction you'll have in this life as you grow old will be seeing your children grow in righteousness and faith and goodness as citizens of the society of which they are a part.

God probably shook his head and said 'Oh, my goodness' many times in dealing with my father. But what God saw in my father was that he was a rock, a foundation in a lot of ways - someone people could relate to who could shine strong and was not afraid to reveal himself. I think he was a great role model to many people in that way.

Even if you live forty or fifty years in this world, and then die, you cannot take all your goods with you.

If you don't produce the goods, you're very quickly forgotten.

I would be happy to do 'Sarfarosh 2'. The script should be as good as the first one. I don't want to destroy the goodwill of the first one.

I am proud of my father's legacy, he is a truly incredible artist and has a lot of goodwill in the film and fashion industry.

You see, I get a lot of love and appreciation from the elders of the film industry as well as from the media fraternity by default because of the goodwill that my father has earned.

I've been around long enough to know that empires come and empires go, and I can't tell how long the Google empire is going to last - but I'm pretty convinced that the answer is less than forever.

When you Google someone's name, it matters to me what shows up. Not the lies, but like, did you change lives? Did you do something while you were here?

Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.

Sometimes you gotta leave when you're on top.

You gotta be great - you have one life.

The dead govern the living.

President Barack Obama governed with dignity and effectiveness.

When I was born, my father was governor of Arkansas.

My legacy as governor was UConn and the cities. This is my passion. When I was governor, I would call Waterbury the center of the universe.

At the end of a career you're desperate more than ever for medals, grabbing as much as you can as you go.