legacy Quotes

Most people to whom a statue has been erected are undeserving.

That a nation's statuary will reflect beliefs and attitudes that are no longer current or congenial hardly needs arguing. In most instances, it doesn't at all imply a continuing reverence.

The obligation to remember is inscribed on every Holocaust memorial, but even the words 'Never Forget' become irksome eventually.

You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.

It's Kennedy's war, Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson got all the flak, but it's Kennedy's war.

Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely.

Fashion only seems to make sense if it's rooted in some dimension of history or if it feels like a continuation of an idea.

I'm not patient - and I'm getting more impatient as I get older - but I am disciplined about writing, and I want that on my tombstone: 'He wasn't patient, but he was disciplined.'

If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.