Claire Messud Quotes

Oh, you know, your legacy's all you're gonna be remembered by.

I don't actually think about going down in history.

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.

Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his monument.

I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.

What's really important for me is, as an old man, I'm known by my own generation and the next generation know me, too.

It doesn't worry me how I'm remembered.

I don't think about my legacy, if indeed, I have one.

I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

I want to go down in history.

To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

I don't really need to be remembered. I hope the music's remembered.

History will treat me right.

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

Some day I will be better remembered.

It sure is a nice feeling to know that people will remember you after you're gone, that you'll manage to be a little bit of history.

I want people talking about me when I'm gone.

In the end, Kane will be remembered as a character I played on TV. In that respect, I want people to remember me for more than that.

I want to leave a nice legacy.

I care about my legacy.

I don't care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.

Leaving a legacy behind is huge.

I'm not interested in being known for anything other than the work.