Predecessor Quotes

The politician who tries to ape his rival or predecessor is, almost by definition, a second rater, inferior to the real thing.

I succeed him. No one can replace him.

We are all the beneficiaries of those who have gone before us.

It's very difficult to fill the shoes of somebody like Rahul Bhai. He has set the bench mark for a generation to come. However, it's our responsibility to carry forward his legacy.

President Ford was taken for a ride by his predecessor, whom he unpardonably pardoned; Jimmy Carter was also taken for a ride, but by his successor, Ronald Reagan, over the return of the Iran hostages.

Unlike his immediate predecessor, he is not a man whose word can be his bond.

I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

To reverse and undo what has been done by a predecessor, is very often considered by a successor as the best proof he can give of his own capacity.

A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama's promises. He continued with the policies of his predecessor.

In an Inaguaral Address, it’s important not to kick the predecessor.

The large executive chair elevates the sitter. and it is covered with the skin of some animal, preferably your predecessor.

Every bit as visceral and hypnotic as its award-winning predecessor, On the Ropes is a tour-de-force of fluid, yet detailed storytelling.

I think I was always so resistant to coloring my hair because, you know, when my dad was still alive, it's so easy for a second- or third-generation wrestler to just copy their predecessor. The hardest thing you can do is try and carve out your own legacy.

For myself and for our nation I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land.

Every president inherits difficult problems. George W. Bush inherited eight years of a failed foreign policy and did nothing about the growing threat of Islamic terrorism, except a one-time lob of a cruise missile into the desert at a camp that had long been abandoned. George Bush inherited that, and 9-11 was the result of that. Every president inherits problems. Harry Truman inherited a war. Stop blaming the person before you and go forward and take leadership and deal with the problem.

Each succeeding civilization forgets its predecessor. Civilizations are ghouls.

So that makes him, like, your fang granddaddy.

One of the best and most challenging books about Orwell is by the socialist literary critic Raymond Williams. As a critic - and, in some ways, as a figure, at least within the academy - Williams was what England had in the generation after Orwell, and toward the end of his life, he became more critical of his predecessor.

You always stand on the shoulders of your predecessor.

President Obama, don't you think you should follow in the footsteps of your predecessor? Remember, President George W. Bush? He stayed out of the political arena, and he let you, his successor, do your job.

It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue.

It is true that my predecessor did not object, as I do, to pictures of one's golf skill in action. But neither, on the other hand, did he ever bean a Secret Serviceman.

One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'