Edmund Burke Quotes

As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time.

My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.'

I think in any father-son relationship, there's going to be times you say, 'Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.'

I don't look anything like my mother, except when I'm Lafayette. I look like my father.

Everyone archetypally is a parent to future generations.

I have my mother's heart and father's face.

I used to wonder because I never thought I looked like either of my parents, but now I think I look like a conglomeration.

When I look at old pictures, I see my son Luciano, not me. Luciano looks identical. That's what's extraordinary, the power of a gene pool.

My father has a movement that started before us. As his children, we are just the stewards to build on his foundation.

Everyday I see a little more of my father in me.

You are — truly your father’s son, Harry. . . .

My parents are very similar to me.

Man the individual consoles himself for his passing with the thought of the offspring or the works which he leaves behind.

I'm never more encouraged than to hear someone talk about how eerie it is that I move like my father.

You can't build a future if you don't have a past.

I've been given the opportunity to carry forward the legacy with which people associate me; I can't escape it even if I don't like it. I take pride in carrying forward what's been given to me.

All the mail that I got, half of it said, 'You looked exactly like my brother,' or, 'You look exactly like so-and-so.'

I was very lucky both of my parents had really nice skin.

I am my father's daughter: I have his language, his expressions.

You always stand on the shoulders of your predecessor.

You can see things growing up, be inspired by things. Just because they're not around anymore doesn't mean that you can't take those inspirations and bring them to life and bring them to the next generation.

Racism is earthbound - it's something we only do to each other here on earth. Legacy, on the other hand, is otherworldly. It pushes us forward to our future.

Nothing I'm doing is without its predecessors.

I have goals, I have my purpose. I want to build upon what my grandpa and my dad and my stepdad did in the past.

My mother has fabulous skin which she gracefully passed on to me.