I will miss the guy!  No doubt about that, but these "parting" times always come.  In memory and a satirical moment at my job recently...  I pulled a "Fox".

I was getting a semi-ass chewing of how one of my classes was underachieving and supposedly, I wasn't inspiring my students enough, blah, blah, blah.  My reply to the situation, "It is what it is..."   This was met with awkward looks and silence from my superiors.  At that point, I silently thanked John Fox and went about my day.