Subject: Death (Page 18)

Walter Pidgeon

William Henry Pratt (1887 – 1969) English actor

Can this last long?

(1650 – 1702) Dutch ruler over England & Ireland & Scotland

Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

I am off in search of the great perhaps.

(c.1494 – 1553) French Renaissance writer, doctor, monk & Greek scholar

Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.

(1873 – 1956) English poet, short story writer & novelist

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

(? – 1963) convicted murderer

I find, then, I am but a bad anatomist.

(1763 – 1798) Irish revolutionary figure

The way I see life, is like we’re all flying on the Hindenburg… why fight over the window seats?

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

(1932 – ) American businessman & U.S. Secretary of Defense

Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?

(1919 – 1991) American comedian & actor

The nourishment is palatable.

(1800 – 1874) 13th U.S. President

Born in a hotel room, and Goddammit, died in one!

(1888 – 1953) American playwright

Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.

(1906 – 1972) Russian-born English actor, singer-songwriter & music composer

The Senate seems like the place where smart people go to die.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Hey, watch this!

Eulogy: Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

God will forgive me. It is his profession.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

The most undesirable things are the most certain (death and taxes).

Enough already.

(1915 – 2004) American novelist

You don’t know anything about pain until you’ve seen your own baby drowned in a tub… and you definitely don’t know anything about how to wash a baby.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian