#inherited

We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#american history #be the first #children #fewer #first

When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for? ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#going #inherited #more #opportunities #something

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#comes #course #death #gifted #him

I had already developed inherited back problems. I had degenerative disk disease, a form of scoliosis, arthritis. And I truly believe that if it weren't for the use of steroids - I'm not saying steroids is for everyone, but in my case in general, if I have not used steroids, I mean, physically right now I'd probably be a wreck. ↗

— Jose Canseco

#arthritis #back #believe #case #developed

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#choice #inherited #kind #parent #parents

The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#hand #i #inherited #monarchy #over

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#coming #found #genius #imagination #inherited

And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be. ↗

— Christian Bale

#being #bored #boring #i #inherited

Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis. ↗

— Yasser Arafat

#bank #both #death #death penalty #gaza

For my birthday this year, my girlfriends - who knew I'd just inherited my dad's turntable - gave me a carton of albums like 'Blue Kentucky Girl,' by Emmylou Harris, and 'Off the Wall,' by Michael Jackson. It's all stuff we grew up with. I mean, you can't have a music collection without Prince's 'Purple Rain' - it just can't be done! ↗

— Connie Britton

#birthday #blue #collection #dad #done