Generational Legacy Quotes

I have my real name and RJ. I've gone by RJ since I was eight, but I was named Roy after my grandfather. They called me Little Roy, which sounded like Leroy with a Texas accent, but my mom didn't want to have a Leroy as a son, so it went to RJ.

My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in.

I took the 'Lee' from my grandparents, who took care of me during the day while my mom was away working.

It's an incredible opportunity to work alongside my father. We have the same ambitions, the same vision.

My mum and dad ran a family cafe in Sligo for 35 years and worked long hours. We grew up in a very hard-working family and had a lovely atmosphere, as we lived above the restaurant. It definitely made me want to work hard, whatever I chose to do. As the baby of seven kids, I was definitely a bit spoilt.

My whole family actually, but my parents. I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business and I still have stuff to do at their house.

Families have ups and downs, we all fight about stupid things, but at the end of the day, we're blood, and we love each other and we always will.

We don't really have any big family traditions; just spending time with each other is the most important part.

My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.

I am a family person. I thank my parents for their upbringing.

There's a tradition of public service in my family. I'm one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

As I've often said, Wisconsin's greatest strength continues to be the dedicated, hardworking people of our state. They go to work everyday, pay their taxes, and raise their kids with good, Midwestern values.

Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.

My mother's father was a doctor, and she desperately wanted to be a doctor.

I don't want to be Batman. Let Val Kilmer do it. I just want to be Uncle Batman. I have this whole 'warm relationship' plot in my mind. In the final scenes, the new Batmobile breaks down, the new Batman's stranded on the side of the road. We grab our old Batmobile, pick him up and drive away.

People named their kids after me!

If I wasn't Eddie Albert's son, I'd be someone else's. It gave me a chance to do a lot of traveling, but mostly I'm glad I'm his son because he's such a good man.

When I was born in 1942, World War II was still going. And I began to realize when I became a young adult that if we don't teach our kids a better way of relating to their fellow human beings, the very future of humanity on the planet is in jeopardy.

I grew up the daughter of a local vicar and the granddaughter of a regimental sergeant major.

I've got two older sisters who I'm very close to. And my son's grown up with a big sense of family around him.

Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.

The solid, middle-class values of hard work, responsibility, family, community, and faith my father talked about tirelessly from Iowa to New York, he lived at home. The hopes he had for his family and for me, he had for all Americans. I think Americans understood this.

In my town, I had only one adult American male role model: my father. I grew up taking it for granted that missionaries were what American boys grew up to be.

I am proud to be their child. It is very inspiring for me. I am inspired by my mom and dad.