Quotes About Legacy

You'll never make America great again, [Donald] Trump, but you can extend her time.

There is a legacy of violence against native women that has gotten worse and worse over time.

We're all put on Earth for a limited amount of time. Am I using in a way that is great, or good enough, or wasteful?

I believe [Dean Martin] is underestimated as a vocalist only because it seemed like what he was doing looked easy - but it isn't and it stands the test of time.

Every time I look in the mirror, I see that kid from Louisville, Kentucky, staring back at me. His name was Cassius Clay.

I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I'd open a door in a movie for him if he asked me to.

Some guys leave a place after a long time, and they're bitter. Not me.

Not only was it that I surprised people by beating Bret Hart, but it was a great match. They still rate it as one of the best wrestling matches of all time.

They, who passed away long ago, still exist in us, as predisposition, as burden upon our fate, as murmuring blood, and as gesture that rises up from the depths of time.

In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain.

I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time.

When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!" ~Jim Elliot

I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend.

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after his death must take care not only of his posterity but even more of his past.

The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.

How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.

Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.

A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been, you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.

God knows what happens to your time once you have begun to get old. You are busy all the time, you do important things, you work, and yet when you sum it all up the result is nothing.

I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'

Officially I'm not playing any more. I've stopped. My time is up. Everything has been a lot of fun.

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.