I don't like inherited wealth.

The last thing I wanted in life was to be measured by what I had inherited, as opposed to what I had done.

— Mark Getty

Although self-control is inheritable and does run in families and has a genetic component, it's more like height than anything else. Height is one…

— Terrie Moffitt

The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

If there's one thing I could attribute my strength to, I would say it's the gift of laughter, which I inherited from my mother's…

— China Machado

I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else…

— Stephen Sondheim

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by how one thinks and acts.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

Chemo days make me tired, though it's hard to say that's because of the chemo when you have kids who have inherited their dad's…

— Randy Pausch

I inherited my 1960s copy of 'French Provincial Cooking' by Elizabeth David from my mother Gabrielle, who in turn inherited it from her mother…

— Rachel Khoo

Chris Hemsworth is like my bromance. Seriously, I think I really inherited one of my best friends now. He doesn't know this yet, but…

— Sam Claflin

A lot of my fighting qualities I inherited from my parents. They set tremendous examples right through my life.

— Amitabh Bachchan

For many years my inherited arthritis had given me problems.

— Marie Windsor

My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I…

— Alan Garner

I inherited my weight problem from my mum. She was always on diets. If there was a box of chocolates in the house, she'd…

— Lesley Nicol

“I inherited my independence from my parents.”

— Jarod Kintz

“So our ancestors remembered every bad thing that happened and spent much of their lives anticipating more trouble, and this is the mind we…

— Matt Lewis