Quotes About Inheritance

My father was very bright. My mother had enormous drive. Put that together, and that's my gene pool.

Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another.

The dwelling places of Europe have an air of inheritance, or cumulative possession - a hive occupied by generations of bees.

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.

I'm in spend-down. I've got a billion in cash. You can't leave people a billion pounds, can you?

Throughout my life, I've had consistent DNA.

I will continue to help run my father's company.

Acting is in my family. My cousins, my sister, and I always say it's a legacy that should be kept alive. In the future, it's something I really want.

Always been a Cowboys fan. Started as a Deion Sanders fan and learned to love the Cowboys. My dad's a big Cowboys fan too.

Before trying my hand at acting, I use to cultivate my own land with my father.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

I had to go through the same things that anyone's son went through. And you know, there aren't that many guys whose dads played who got to the league.

This seems highly likely, especially as it has been shown that in several systems mutations affecting the same amino acid are extremely near together on the genetic map.

Instead of promoting inherited wealth for the few, I want to tackle inherited disadvantage for the many.

One of my favorite things from my mom is a chocolate brown three-piece Chanel outfit. I had it tailored because she taught me the importance of fit.

I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just assume it will happen and that it's the right way to do things. It's a deeply Indian custom - that you kind of inherit your parents and your spouse's parents and you take care of them eventually.

Each generation takes the earth as trustees. We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

My mother had a marvelous talent for mishandling money - mine.

I love art. My sister is an artist and my mother is a painter, so it is very much in the family. I haven't ever wanted to be a fine artist myself - my sister robbed me of my artistic talent, I think.

Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.

My dad passed on his cricketing talent. My mum has enabled me to use it.