Plato Quotes

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

You are more important to yourself than you think you are.

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.

Stirlings of old had been so damned besotted with their newfound earldom that they couldn't think to put any other name on anything...It was a wonder he didn't drink Kilmartin Tea and sit on a Kilmartin-style chair. In fact, he probably would be doing just that if his grandmother had found a way to manage it without actually taking the family into trade.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that.

My dad went to USC and it always had been very important to me and my family.

I believe that Sean Quinn wouldn't be a man at all if he let someone steal his family's assets.

I guess I want very much to be recognized for my abilities, for the work I put in, and yet it's still always there - who my parents were. As much as I love my parents, if that was the last thing ever said about me - that I was their daughter - I would be disappointed that my contributions weren't strong enough on their own.

I come from a family who prided themselves, both sides, on memory. And I was told growing up, constantly, that I was born with a really good memory.

I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. What a great honor.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

How can I not be straightforward? I’m not a nobody. A somebody like me needs to handle things in a straight forward manner.

I am very aware of my family name. I'm very aware of the legacy that that kind of carries with it. And I think that I didn't want to lose any kind of hold of that. And I think once you're born into something that you're proud of and that you're aware of, you don't take it lightly.

My family means different things to different folks. I think, for most people, they have very fond memories and believe my family made important contributions to the country.

A lot of NBA GMs have asked me about me why I changed my middle name to Trill. Actually, the reason why I filed the paperwork to change my name was so that I could officially add my mother's last name, Stein, to my own. My mom is my best friend, and I wanted to honor her.

My last name is all I have. I try to carry that to a high standard by setting high expectations.

It's beyond my wildest dreams to come out, represent my family, my father and the music of Led Zeppelin.

Every time I step onto the field, I think of my parents. It's such an honor to represent them and my family.

To me, it felt that if I give up my name, I am also sending a message to my children, saying my name was not important enough as your father's; I am not as important as your father. That is a message we are passing down generation after generation without realising.

Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you." I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me.

I don't find myself that interesting as a human being, so I don't really think that much of what I say or do warrants being recorded.

Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.

Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country I've been to where people, when you come into a room and sit down with them, so often ask you, "What do you do?" And, being American, many's the time I've almost asked that question, then realized it's good for my soul not to know. For a while! Just to let the evening wear on and see what I think of this person without knowing what he does and how successful he is, or what a failure. We're ranking everybody every minute of the day.