100 Movie Quotes about Legacy (+ Sound Clips) - page 9

Updated: Feb 19, 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.

81 Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax.

Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in The Big Lebowski

82 And your father's name will shine again like a beacon in the galaxy.

Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius in Forbidden Planet (1956)

83 I will not go down in history as the greatest mass murderer since Adolf Hitler.

Peter Sellers as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove in Dr. Strangelove

84 We have a tradition in Austria where we follow the footsteps of our parents.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Detective John Kimble in Kindergarten Cop

85 And this is a special book. It was the book my father used to read to me when I was sick, and I used to read it to your father. And today, I'm gonna read it to you.

Peter Falk as Grandpa in The Princess Bride (1987)

86 It's a prestigious line of work with a long and glorious tradition.

Peter Falk as Grandpa in The Princess Bride (1987)

87 There are rare traditions of liberty to defend. The tradition of liberty is all.

Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange

88 For 2000 years knowledge passed from father to son, father to son.

Jean-Claude Van Damme as Frank Dux in Bloodsport

89 Today you become part of a tradition that began hundreds of years ago.

Jean-Claude Van Damme as Frank Dux in Bloodsport

90 And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend, legend became myth.

Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring