John Kricfalusi Quotes

Tom Bosley may have passed, but through that part and that character, a part of him will live on forever.

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.

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 just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.

I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality by not dying.

Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.

You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive.

Just to be remembered is good enough for me. Lots of people are forgotten.

I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would like to be a pop icon who survives. I would like to be a living icon.

Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'

The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

After I die, I'll be forgotten.

I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me occasionally. It just makes me feel old.

Great men have this in common with the Divinity that they never die entirely. Their spirit survives them.

It sure is a nice feeling to know that people will remember you after you're gone, that you'll manage to be a little bit of history.

Elvis' songs will always be there, and I hope mine will be after I'm gone.

'Fox News' will one day come to an end. Led Zeppelin will not. It's as simple as that.

A lot of people in my generation have dared to ask questions like, 'Who is James Dean?' And I can't imagine asking a question like that, just because it's been ingrained in me since I was so young.

My goal is more to be remembered. They'll remember this thing and like it in the future. The trick is to stay remembered long enough for that to happen.

I always felt that one needs to be remembered long after one has 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.

Legacy is something you talk about when you're dead - and I'm not dead yet.

It's a certain kind of immortality, because those Disney films do go on and on and on.

If I retire doing the character, I don't think the character has to retire. There will still be caricatures of Elvira. You know, Dracula still works, and he's dead.

Wayne was my hero. He really loved doing Mickey Mouse and was very proud that he did it 32 years.