Enduring Memory Quotes

The monument of death will outlast the memory of the dead. The Pyramids do not tell the tale which was confided to them; the living fact commemorates itself.

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal.

It is permissible even for a dying hero to think before he dies how men will speak of him hereafter. His fame lasts perhaps two thousand years. And what are two thousand years?... What, indeed, if you look from a mountain top down the long wastes of the ages? The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.

When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.

When I'm dead are they going to remember me ? I don't really think about it, it's up to them. When I'm dead, who cares ? I don't.

After I die, I'll be forgotten.

People asked me what I want as an epitaph: "He Tried".

When I'm asked about legacy, I say it's too early to talk about legacy.

I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

I've had a wonderful life. What people are going to write about me 10 years after I'm dead - who cares?

When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Audiences remember you because of your work, so I believe in working hard through my films.

They only name things after you when you're dead or really old.

My goal is that after I am dead and gone, I want people to remember me for the person I am.

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

Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.

Some day I will be better remembered.

I would like to live forever in people's hearts and minds; that would be fun. I'll leave the world my art.

People will forget me pretty quick.

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

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

A Politician is never remembered for how he started. He is remembered for how he finished.

I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.