Quotes about Legacy

I grew up in a family of storytellers, but Google has destroyed us because you can fact-check everything. We'd always like the stories to be a little better than they were.

My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness.

I always dreamed about being a pro QB but more than anything, I wanted to be like my dad.

When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after me built upon - particularly Bloomberg. But the foundation was essential because if it hadn't occurred, we would have been another Detroit.

A guy like Ric Flair at 49 could go out and do his character. A guy 49 going out and doing Goldberg again - I don't know what the odds are.

Duane lived life right on the edge. If you ever read Goethe's Faust, Duane Allman was very much that kind of figure. His deal with Mephistopheles was to experience everything life has to offer, good and bad.

I want my music to be a contribution, and I want the people who love me on Earth and in Heaven to be proud of who I am, and I want to be proud of myself, and I don't want to look back and say, 'Oh God, why did I say that?'

Don't die old, die empty. That's the goal of life. Go to the cemetery and disappoint the graveyard.

If we provide the young with a strong foundation, we can leave behind a legacy substantially greater than most are able to bequeath. As for the women, the old adage that you invest in a woman, you invest in a generation, still rings true today.

I can have a career right into my old age, creating music in some way. It seems like a lovely way to go through life.

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

Biography lends to death a new terror.