Exit Lines

We look at some scenes in which famous people have left the public stage. Then we consider Jesus, who had the most amazing exit ever.

What is the best exit and/or exit line of all time?

To draw on recent history (and by recent, we mean the last 50 to 75 years), you'd have to mention Richard M. Nixon's "You won't have me to kick around anymore" comment. They called it his "last press conference." On November 7, 1962, Richard M. Nixon conceded defeat to the successful candidate for the California governorship, Pat Brown.

Addressing a crowd of reporters at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Nixon gave vent to the bitterness of that campaign. He castigated the media, saying, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."

Although Nixon -- and much of America -- thought it was his exit line, it was not. In a remarkable comeback, Nixon returned to politics and in 1968 was elected president.

On August 8, 1974, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, then-President Nixon resigned from that office. The final words of his speech on that occasion were: "To have served in this office is to ...