Nik Wallenda Quotes

I think you have to show homage to creators.

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers.

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.

May a monument be erected to me in your hearts, as it is to you in mine.

Permit me also to express my great admiration of the thoughts expressed by you, with such eloquent simplicity & appropriateness, at the consecration of the cemetery. I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.

When someone important to you, someone that's played a big role in your life, when they're gone... When you write about them or pay tribute to them, you want to do it in a way that's thoughtful.

I'm trying to stay humble for my mom.

I appreciate where I come from. I never forget.

There's no problem with a guard of honour in any way.

Firefighters are everyday heroes who I think are often overlooked - so to get to play one as a part of a show that is doing a huge amount to try and pay tribute to them... I feel very lucky!

There is nothing triumphant or boastful in the way we mourn the dead and pay our veterans the respect they deserve.

I have always found it an honor that people have wanted to buy my shirt and an honor that fans turn up to watch the team I am playing in. I have always found that a huge honor.

It's an honor when someone writes for you. That means they can hear your voice in their head.

I offer my performance as prayer for someone I've worked with as an actor or someone who has died. The image that comes into my head as I walk to the stage, I offer that performance up for that person.

I always feel honored to meet people who ever met my mum. It means a lot to me.

LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.

I think this is the sweetest tribute I have ever seen in this town.

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

This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.

If Uncle Martin were here today, he would surely commend us for giving honor where honor is due.

Between now and then and I just felt it was ready and it was a long enough period gone by. I obviously didn't want to hurt anybody, you know. It was done out of a genuine memorial or tribute whatever you want to call it.