Making a Mark Quotes

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Come on, I'm a television star. Nobody on television is curing cancer. I've had a great ride, and I'm very honored to have been in this business. I'm happy if I managed to affect people in a positive way.

I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active - even if it destroys you - than to quietly... disappear.

I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.

It's better to burn out, than to fade away.

I had no great sense of failure. I didn’t come out of the campaign with the sense that I’d thrown my career away or thrown my life away on what was a fruitless, feckless endeavor. I felt that I had made my mark on the pages of history and laid down some markers for others possibly to follow.

When I realized that my big dream was going to come true - 'Night Shift' was a success, 'Splash' was a success, I got the job to do 'Cocoon' - suddenly, I was underway. And I knew my name was rising up the lists. I was going to have a career. I was going to be able to direct movies until I screwed it up.

The fact that you can even make a record and leave a document that you were here, that's nothing to sneeze at.

I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.

You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference.

Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books.

… we have one life on this planet. We have one chance to live it and to contribute to the future of society and the future of life. The only "afterlife" is what other people remember of you.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

Nearly everything I do is part of a master plan to make me the most important entertainer in the world.

Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

When I say I want to become a legend, some people say it's pretentious. For me, it's a challenge. My desire, a dream. I'm not saying I'll get there, but it's what I want.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

To be able to make a difference in one life is really what I'm all about. To make a change.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

It's inevitable that if you do okay on something like that you don't just annoy people, that it will make a difference because it seemed like such a lot of people so, yes I would have to say that it has done.

I'm in there for more than just a fight. I'm in there fighting for my legacy.

It's just a good thing to be a part of history and a lot of people will not be able to say that.

The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this Earth. It's not going to be, 'It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl,' but really and truly what you're going to leave on this Earth is the influence on others.

It is not necessary to live. But to leave our names beyond that point. That is necessary.

While I'm here on this planet, I really want to create art and do creative things.