Inheritance quotes

“The mother's injuries are to be handed down to the daughter. The mother's failures are to be paid for by the daughter. The mother's unhappiness is to be the daughter's unhappiness. It's as if the umbilical cord had never been cut.”
Liv Ullmann - Eva

“I'm not saying Uncle Sam can kick back on a lawn chair, sipping on an iced tea, because I haven't come across anyone man enough to go toe to toe with me on my best day! It's not about me. It's not about you, either. It's about legacy, the legacy left behind for future generations. It's not about us!”
Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark

“The rest of those who have gone before us cannot steady the unrest of those to follow.”
Rob Brown - Jamal Wallace

“The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation.”
Michael Douglas - Gordon Gekko

“You have too much of your father's heart in you, young Solo.”
Andy Serkis - Snoke

“The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually descended from both of them.”
Jim Piddock

- Scout: May I see your watch? "To Atticus, My Beloved Husband." Atticus, Jem says this watch is gonna belong to him some day.
- Atticus Finch: That's right.
- Scout: Why?
- Atticus Finch: Well, it's customary for the boy to have his father's watch.
- Scout: What are you gonna give me?
- Atticus Finch: Well, I don't know that I have much... (continue)(continue reading)
Mary Badham - Scout Finch
Gregory Peck - Atticus Finch

“- Hela: Odin and I drowned entire civilizations in blood and tears. Where do you think all this gold came from? And then one day he decided to become a benevolent king. To foster peace, to protect life. To have you.
- Thor: I understand why you're angry. And you are my sister, and technically have a claim to the throne. And believe me, I would...” (continue)(continue reading)
Cate Blanchett - Hela
Chris Hemsworth - Thor

“If I die first, and I almost certainly will, you will be my sole heir. There's not much in the kitty, except a set of ivory-backed hairbrushes and my library of romantic poetry, but when the time comes, these will be yours. Along with whatever we haven't already spent on whores and whiskey.”
Ralph Fiennes - M. Gustave

- Great Gam Gam: You two are the rightful heirs to the Von Wolfhausen Brewery. You should have the balls to take back what is yours!
- Steve "Fink" Finklestein: Wow! You even talk like a whore!
- Great Gam Gam: We are all whores in some ways.
Cloris Leachman - Great Gam Gam
Steve Lemme - Steve "Fink" Finklestein

“When the destiny of a great fortune is at stake, men's greed spreads like a poison in the bloodstream. Uncles, nephews, cousins, in-laws of increasingly tenuous connection. The old woman's distant relations had come foraging out of the woodwork.”
F. Murray Abraham - Mr. Moustafa

“- Kermit the Frog: Gee. A Studebaker. Where did you get it?
- Fozzie Bear: My uncle left it to me.
- Kermit the Frog: Is he dead?
- Fozzie Bear: No, he's hibernating.”
Jim Henson - Kermit the Frog
Frank Oz - Fozzie Bear

“- Alex Finch: Where did you learn to dance like that?
- Miranda Jeffries: I inherited it from my father.”
Robert Downey Jr. - Alex Finch
Mary Stuart Masterson - Miranda Jeffries

“We inherited our freedom. Now it's up to all of us to fight for it.”

Chris Hemsworth - Jed Eckert

“- Paul Buher: Do you know what exactly I do for Thorn Industries?
- Damien Thorn: Not really, Sir.
- Paul Buher: You should. You should know everything about the Thorn business. After all it will be yours one day.
- Damien Thorn: And Mark's!
- Paul Buher: And Mark's. Of course.”
Robert Foxworth - Paul Buher
Jonathan Scott-Taylor - Damien Thorn

“I'm not saying I'm responsible for this country's longest run of uninterrupted peace in 35 years! It's not about me. It's not about you, either. It's about legacy, the legacy left behind for future generations. It's not about us!”
Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark

“- Veronica Franco: My people are true citizens 700 years back.
- Marco Venier: A coat of arms does not an inheritance make.”
Catherine McCormack - Veronica Franco
Rufus Sewell - Marco Venier

“- O'Brien: Do you consider yourself a man?
- Winston Smith: Yes.
- O'Brien: If you're a man, Winston, you're the last man. Your kind is extinct. We are the inheritors. Do you realize that you are alone? You are outside history. You unexist.”
Richard Burton - O'Brien
Sir John Hurt - Winston Smith

“I don't need to tell you that, what determines a man's legacy is often what isn't seen.”
Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar Hoover

“- Gandalf the Grey: This is a map of Lonely Mountain, presented to me 100 years ago by your father.
- Thorin Oakenshield: Why wasn't it given to me, the rightful heir?
- Gandalf the Grey: I have chosen my own time to give it to you.”
John Huston - Gandalf
Hans Conried - Thorin Oakenshield

“My father's legacy is not his money. My father's legacy is the will to win.”
Diane Lane - Penny Chenery

“Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king.”

Gary Leonard Oldman - Rosencrantz

“- Vince McCain: What about a small advance on my inheritance?
- Rod McCain: What inheritance?
- Vince McCain: I'm your son! You have to leave me something.
- Rod McCain: Why?
- Vince McCain: 'Cause you screwed up my whole childhood!
- Rod McCain: How could I have? I wasn't even there.”

Kevin Kline - Vince McCain
Kevin Kline - Rod McCain

“Anyone would think our girls look forward to a grand inheritance. When you die, our girls will be left without a roof to their head nor a penny to their name.”

Brenda Blethyn - Mrs. Bennet

“The past is a torch that lights our way. Where our fathers have shown us the path, we shall follow. Our faith is the weapon most feared by our enemies. For thereby shall we lift our people up against those who would destroy us.”
Leonardo DiCaprio - Amsterdam Vallon