Julio Iglesias Quotes

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

And I'm so grateful to have that family name and continue my family's legacy, but I'm also very excited to create my own.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

It is awesome to feel you are carrying on the family name.

She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.

I'm thinking, 'Man, there's this whole other group of people that are attached to me because of my last name and my family's roots.' That's pretty cool. That's special, that's a lot of power and it's important.

I'm so excited to be carrying on in Dad's footsteps and making sure that everything he worked so hard for continues for the generations to come.

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our virtues, their strengths our strengths, and, in a way, their challenges could be our challenges.

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Passion is the genesis of genius.

Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

I am in blood and power better than the best of them …. My ancestors were kings of Ulster. Ulster was theirs and shall be mine.

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.

I want to leave something behind. A blueprint. A work ethic. Something that my great-grandkids and their kids and their kids can see: This is where it started. Lineage. Intergenerational wealth. Things that are here forever. All that.

'Frances' is a longtime family name on my dad's side. My grandfather, father, brother, and my daughter's name is Frances.

My son has been a class clown and it sort of ran in the family.

I'm actually named Matthew William Kearney: my middle name is named after my grandfather.

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.

There's been a ham in every generation of our family.

I come from a long line of shorties.

In some ways, Cash and Carter is a family business that's been handed to me.