Inherit Quotes

We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that.

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network.

Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.

It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.

The scope of material I can work with is not limited to the set of things that we inherit from nature.

Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth.

We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.

If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country.

Inherit the Wind is a wonderful play, and I was in the original with Paul Muni.

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play.

I'm a dad, and I no longer see a way for my kids to even inherit the money that I'm making, let alone go out there, have an idea, and create it in their own lifetime.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.

I didn't inherit any great success and the problems that came with it, and yet I was able to keep working and supporting myself and later a family. I'm crazy fortunate.

In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.

I told you, the dopes are gonna inherit the earth anyway.

Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the dead ghost of Gaelic in the language we use and listen to and that those things will reflect our Irish identity.

Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a logical mystery.

In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it.

When I did Inherit the Wind, I learned about teaching school. I also found out what a fundamentalist was.

It is clear that the nation that assumes stewardship of the Moon now will inherit stewardship of the galaxy in the coming millennium. I think the USA is ready for that challenge!

I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just assume it will happen and that it's the right way to do things. It's a deeply Indian custom - that you kind of inherit your parents and your spouse's parents and you take care of them eventually.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.