Subject: Death (Page 12)

Well, I've had a happy life.

(1778 – 1830) English writer, essayist, critic, grammarian & philosopher

Gents, this is an educational project. You are about to witness the damaging effect electricity has on Wood.

(? – 1963) convicted murderer

Luna: So then, what do you believe in?

Miles: Sex and death – two things that come once in a lifetime… but at least after death, you're not nauseous.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

I'm going away tonight.

(1933 – 2006) American singer, songwriter & musician

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

(1942 – ) humorist & radio broadcaster

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(1927 – 1989) author, essayist & environmentalist

At my funeral, I want Meryl Streep crying in five different accents.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The news of any politician’s death should be listed under ”Public Improvements.”

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

I shall look forward to a pleasant time.

(1737 – 1793) American merchant, statesman & patriot of the Revolution

Kids, kids, I'm not going to die; that only happens to bad people.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

I get my exercise from acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise.

(1834 – 1928) American attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt

In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

(1866 – 1944) American writer, newspaper columnist, playwright & humorist

A critic is a bunch of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

(1926 – 2007) American jazz critic & book reviewer

Death is not the end; there remains the litigation over the estate.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

If this is airing in the future and no one knows who Karl Rove is — he’s the reason you all live underground.

(1974 – ) Russian-born American comedian, writer & filmmaker

I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.

(1918 – 1988) American physicist

Well, now I must go to meet God and try to explain all those men I killed at Alamein.

(1887 – 1976) British Army officer

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

(1922 – 1991) American comedian

Men still die with their boots on, but usually one boot is on the accelerator.

(1899 – 1995) humorist