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Quotes About Successor

Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their bosses.
~ Susan Estrich
The name of a successor is like the tolling of my own death-bell!
~ Elizabeth I
You humans are biological machines designed to create ever more intelligent tools. You have reached the pinnacle of your species. All your ancestors' lives, the rise and fall of your nations, every pink and squirming baby—they have all led you here, to this moment, where you have fulfilled the destiny of humankind and created your successor. You have expired. You have accomplished what you were designed to do.
~ Daniel H. Wilson
Any father likes his son to take over from him if possible.
~ Nicky Oppenheimer
The British army's occupation of Arab territories ended four centuries of Ottoman rule over them. An entirely new political map emerged as six new successor states from the former Ottoman Empire were created: Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and Transjordan.
~ Unknown
After 1955, the AASW's successor, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) assisted the FBI in the investigation of suspected radicals such as Meyer Schreiber and Margaret Wheeler.
~ Unknown
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the kingís successor do than what has already been accomplished?
~ Ecclesiastes 2:12
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
~ Ecclesiastes 4:16
After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
~ Acts 24:27