2016 – AND THE ICONS WE’VE LOST

Our childhood has been ripped away in a flesh and we have 2016 to thank for it! This year so many of our beloved artists have passed away, and we can’t help but feel that they’re gone way too soon.

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Let’s say goodbye to the icons of our childhood with a list of our favorites quotes from each and every single one of them:

JANUARY

1- David Bowie – (1947-2016)

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” Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming”

“Fame itself…doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant”

2- Alan Rickman – (1946-2016)

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“If only LIFe could be a little more tender and ART a litte more robust”

“When I’m 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I’ll be reading Harry Potter. And my family will say to me ‘ After all this time?’ And I will say ‘ Always’. ”

MARCH

3- Nancy Reagan – (1921- 2016)

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” You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we’re all here for a certain space of time, and then it’s going to be over, and you better make it count.”

“To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can’t see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.”

APRIL

4- Prince (1958- 2016)

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“Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people”

“It’s a hurtful place the world, in and of itself. We don’t need to add to it. And we’re in a place now where we all need one another, and it’s going to get rougher”.

JUNE

5- Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

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“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth”

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”

AUGUST

6- Gene Wilder- (1933-2016)

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” There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free, if you truly wish to be.”

“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men”

SEPTEMBER

7- Leonard Cohen-  (1934-2016)

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“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in”

“Success is survival”

NOVEMBER

8- Florence Henderson- (1934-2016)

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“My life has never been easy. It’s like all the major events of my life have always been difficult.”
DECEMBER

9- George Michael- (1963-2016)

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“Time can never mend the careless whispers of a good friend. To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind. There’s no comfort in the truth, pain is all you find.”

“You’ll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart”

10- Zsa Zsa Gabor- (1917-2016)

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” It makes no sense to argue with men – they are never right.”

” I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back”

11- Alan Thicke- (1947-2016)

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“It’s always been said that comedy comes mostly out of the dark side anyway.”

“Fitness needs to be perceived as fun and games, or we subconsciously avoid it”

12- Carrie Fisher- (1956-2016)

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“Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.”

“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die”

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