Quotes About Legacy

I was always interested in having my own money - not my family's money. I don't think it had anything to do with me being Elvis's granddaughter. None of my drive was, 'I need to get away from my family legacy!'

It's very difficult to have a conversation about yourself when you're the granddaughter of Audrey Hepburn, as it was difficult for me to have a conversation about something without, 'What was she like? What was she really like?'

I have been singularly blessed to be a granddaughter to one of the most accomplished classical vocalists of her time, daughter to one of the most ravishingly beautiful actresses ever, and wife to the greatest actor. What more can I desire?

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

My grandfather was like a father figure to me.

Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.

My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my Emmitt from the rest of them. Even though on my birth certificate it has one T, I just added the extra T for me.

My father was a fighter. My grandfather was a fighter. It's just in my blood.

For me, Lord Mountbatten represented the grandfather I never had.

My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself.

My grandfather read the 'John Carter of Mars' books to me when I was young.

I love the entertainment business. I have a lot of friends in it, but it wasn't my passion. The sports business is what I am passionate about. I also wanted to define myself through something that wasn't linked to my grandfather.

My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black.

My grandfather is the greatest man I'll ever know.

The divisive environment my grandfather created in the family is the water that Donald has always swum in, and that division continues to benefit him at the expense of everyone else.

My grandfather carried me around on his shoulders at 85.

I'm a grandfather now.

I always wanted to follow in the footsteps of my maternal grandfather, who was a doctor.

My own father and grandfather served in the Army.

My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it's kind of become a way of life for me.

I don't think there's anything less attractive than a man over-dyeing things on his face, so I'm going to try, for as long as I can, to age as my male forefathers before me. My father started getting grays when he was in his 30s, as did my grandfather before him, so I don't want to look perpetually young.

My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him.

My father didn't know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather, and his grandfather got it from his grandfather who got it from the slavemaster.

I'm lucky: almost all my family has lived to be very old. I have one grandfather who lived to be 100.