Quotes About Legacy

Men's fame is like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with just as little use to them.

As an actor I can't think of what my daughter will think when she grows up. I will never do certain kinds of roles that I have in my mind. And for that I'm sure my daughters are going to be proud of me.

No, there will come a time where I'm not gonna do this anymore. I mean, there will come a time, definitely, where I'll turn into Elvis - I'm gonna be fat and fishin', I guarantee you.

My grandfather died when I was 14, and he was in Bergen-Belsen and Dachau. So be grateful for your life because nothing is guaranteed. Everything could literally be taken away from you tomorrow.

You realize as you get older that tomorrow is not guaranteed for anybody.

I kind of like to be one of the guardians of the game.

I want to be one of the best point guards to ever play.

Little Slater Martin, I think, was one of the best point guards ever, and we had Whitey Skoog, a great shooter, at the other guard.

I have had a fascination with death, I think, that might be considered genetic for a long time. My father had the same affliction, I guess.

If my son enters politics, I will be able to guide him. He too would have learnt a lot from watching me, so he is less likely to make mistakes.

It was my grandmother who raised me and guided me.

What is special about the House of Marley is that it's my father's vision that guides our production process.

I am not one of those people who believe that MLK achieved more in martyrdom than he could have if he'd lived: imagine what a guiding influence he could have on the world were he still among us.

I'm trying to avoid, you know, guilt, even though before the child is born, you're already thinking you're doing things wrong... Why do I think that will probably carry over until the day you die?

The question shouldn't be 'Are we guilty about our colonial past;' it should be 'Why aren't we more guilty about our corporate present'?

I've been playing a Fender since 1963, and before that it was my dream guitar. I can't endorse it more than that.

We all knew that asking another guitar player to step into Duane Allman's shoes would not really be fair to anybody who had a conscience.

There's every other guitar player and then there's Chet. He transcended musical boundaries for more than fifty years. God only lays Chet Atkins on you once in a lifetime.

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.

My dad was a really good classical guitarist. He took lessons with a student of Andre Segovia.

I still believe guitars will be around as long as there's rock music.

My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.

I didn't want the children to grow up and, when asked what their mother did, say, 'Oh, Mom's a gun moll in the movies.'

I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions.