Afeni Shakur Quotes

The only 'afterlife' is what other people remember of you.

I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he's been gone than they did when he was here.

People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing.

I don't want to be a historical action figure or treated like I'm dead. Like one of those people where they go, 'Oh, isn't she dead?' And then I walk up, and they're like, 'Whoa.' I can't really complain... because I've made myself into a historical action figure. I was like, 'Yeah, come on in!'

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.

There's a wealth of information on James Dean, and everybody has an opinion on him. James Dean made some kind of impression on everybody.

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.

Death can never kill an idea. Ideas are more powerful than death. Ideas outlive men and can never be destroyed.

The dead govern the living.

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.

Politics is the only profession where there's life after death.

It's not lost on me that everyone dies, but some people have a kind of immortality about them, and you can't imagine that they will ever be gone.

I want people talking about me when I'm gone.

At the end of the day, when Charlie Murphy ain't here no more, I'll have a body of work that people can laugh and remember me by.

Jay-Z just got that longevity. He can put out anything at any time and everybody will love it. He'll never get old.

My time has not yet come either; some are born posthumously.

If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts.

If this continues, if this goes on, then when I die, your memories of me will be my greatest accomplishment. You memories will be my most lasting impressions.

In my twisted brain, I truly believe that nobody ever really dies, as long as the people that he or she touched continue to spread their legacy. I miss Eddie Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero was a great man. So right now, I don't want to hear 'CM Punk', you know the name I wanna hear.

I'll be happy if the last thing they say about me after I die is that I made a difference.

You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.

Whether you reach a lot of people or have a profound impact on a few people, their memories of you are your afterlife.

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.

To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old!