Legacy Quotes - Page 14

Her legacy was her quiet dignity and instinctive rage against injustice, ... What she determined on the spot was that her dignity would not allow her to be treated unjustly.

ECW's legacy will be as the company who took all the mistfits that nobody else wanted, and created stars.

I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made.

All our pleasures and possessions are consigned to oblivion, but the legacy we leave for Christ will endure forever.

The legacy of Mandela is to have brought the country together... South Africa can be one of the success stories of the 21st century.

But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.

On a personal note, a legacy he left me, aside from being a friend who was important to me on many levels, was that the decades I knew Sam [Fuller] happened to be the decades that were his least happy professionally.

Unlike wealth, there is an infinite value in legacy.

One of the many dreadful aspects of the Kennedy 'legacy' is the now-unbreakable grip of celebrity politics, image-doctoring, stage management, and "torch-passing" rhetoric in general.

At Hermès I learned, maybe more than anywhere else, how to work around a legacy, and how to integrate a strong brand culture into my work. Also, to work with a completely different projection system and craftsmanship.

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.

It has been well observed that we should treat futurity as an aged friend from whom we expect a rich legacy.

In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.

I think the company's [HP's] success will be my legacy. The company's failure will be my failure, with all the predictable consequences of that.

A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.

I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.

They were nicely written and nicely directed episodes [Star Trek: Enterprise]. I enjoyed working with Scott [Bakula]. So it was good to do, and, as you said, it did serve to enhance the Soong legacy.

It was a great mantel to be able to take on really, an amazing legacy. And you know to finally see it, because I just saw the final product yesterday as well, is really amazing to be part of something like this.

There's a great legacy before me. Many, many fantastic actors, artists, writers have come before me and created Superman. I'm very honored to be able to be a part of it.

With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.

President [George] Bush made the U.S. absolutely the leader, between its own PEPFAR, and it's been by far the biggest Global Fund donor. That's a legacy.

First and foremost, it's important to remember that, from my perspective at least, my most important legacy was making sure that the world didn't go into a Great Depression.

I am not taking away the historical legacy, but it should not become a burden.

Times change and we should change and grow, and yet be proud of our legacy.

I have a great legacy, tarnished somewhat by the move.