101 Movie Quotes about Legacy (+ Sound Clips) - page 6

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

Memorable quotes about legacy, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

51 Ain't that hair I see on your head? -It sure is. I've decided that when I depart from this life, I'd like to leave something. At least to be remembered on some man's lodgepole.

Stefan Gierasch as Del Gue in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

52 I don't know what you're going to say at the gates of heaven, but I'm going to say no woman ever lived had herself a better husband than you been to me. Now go on.

John Wayne as Davy Crockett in The Alamo (1960)

53 I, Melman Mankiewicz, being of sound mind and unsound body, have divided my estate equally among the three of you.

Ben Stiller as Alex The Lion in Madagascar

54 A man like you, Nino, needs to leave a legacy. A son. A mark to let the world know that he was here.

Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown in New Jack City

55 What a masterpiece. Look at that. This is your legacy.

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Iron Man (2008)

56 You know, when I'm dead and buried, all I'm going to have around to prove that I was here was some shower curtain rings that didn't fall down. Great legacy, huh?

John Candy as Del Griffith in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

57 Your father left us nothing but a legacy of bad debts hidden by a good name. That name is the only card we have to play.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997)

58 We have nailed our names in the pages of history enough for today.

Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket

59 You knew enough to tell Saavik that how we face death is at least as important as how we face life.

William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

60 This is the kind of legacy I dreamt about.

Jackie Chan as Yang Naing Lee in Rush Hour (1998)