“Try to imagine Muhammad Ali without Little Richard’s winking persona, his swing and swagger (“I am the King!”). Try to imagine James Brown, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Elton John, and Prince without his electrical charge.”— David Remnick, The New Yorker, newyorker.com
“Yeah, keep running! There ain’t gonna be no Yelnats the Fifth.”— Louis Sachar, Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir", Jon Voight, imdb.com
“Do I see myself as a feminist idol? No. I don’t see myself as anything. I do not see myself as a trailblazer. I don’t think about that. I get up, and I do my day, and I do my work, and I see friends. But I don’t sit and think about how I see myself, or what my legacy is.”— Barbara Walters, vanityfair.com
“All I ever wanted was for my name to live forever. I think I’ve probably accomplished that.”— Kevin Williamson, Joe Carroll, James Purefoy, imdb.com
“Many have said that it doesn’t get better, but you get better; better-equipped for dealing and coping and thriving.”— Tavi Gevinson, rookiemag.com
“History was not made by those who did nothing.”— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.com
“George: What about a legacy? Don't you want to be remembered? King Edward: I will be remembered. George: Yes, for being fat and lazy.”— Emma Frost, George Duke of Clarence, David Oakes, imdb.com
“These are the books our forefathers read, and our five-fathers and our six-fathers and I'm not stoppin' now.”— Gabor Csupo, Arlene Klasky, Tommy Pickles, Elizabeth Daily, imdb.com
“We’re in a strange place right now; they’ve advanced the doomsday clock. The number of minutes to midnight has been moving up and I worry about the world I’m leaving my children.”— Neil Gaiman, thetimes.co.uk
“I believe art is objective, and that time is the truth-teller of quality. If you could time travel 30 years into the future, tell me who is going to be more popular: Ed Sheeran or Ariel Pink?”— Julian Casablancas, vulture.com
“It is said of great Empires, That the best way to preserve them from decay, is to bring them back to the first Principles, and Arts, on which they did begin.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.com
“Winter will never come for the likes of us. Should we die in battle, they will surely sing of us, and it's always summer in the songs.”— Brienne of Tarth, George R. R. Martin, amazon.com
“I want his three children to know: wasn't anything strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with.”— Al Sharpton, amazon.com
“if what i build cannot feed others after i have gone, i did not build it right...”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“Soon, usernames will be passed in families as a legacy Son, there's something i want you to have.., it's my username" "Oh jees, thanks dad ! " "You're welcome son, euh i mean SirSpankALot"”— r3ap4r, reddit.com
“I’m sometimes asked how I would like to be remembered. I’ve had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, space promoter and science populariser. Of all these, I want to be remembered most as a writer — one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well.”— Arthur C. Clarke, clarkefoundation.org
“When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.”— Oliver Sacks, nytimes.com