Subject: Death (Page 22)

The great thing about the dead, they make space.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

Usually when someone is given an evening like this, they’re way too dead to say thank you.

(1948 – ) comedian, actor, writer, producer & film director

He can be lethal death.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

It has all been very interesting.

(1689 – 1762) English aristocrat & writer

If you eat one apple a day for 80 years, you won't die young.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

All right then, I'll say it: Dante makes me sick.

(1562 – 1635) Spanish playwright & poet

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.'

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder

 I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4½ minutes – when they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Guns don't kill people; it's those bullets ripping through the body.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor

It's beating – beating – beating – it's stopped.

(1708 – 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist & poet

That was a great game of golf, fellas.

(1902 – 1977) American singer & actor

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies’ Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral

There comes a time in every man’s life… and I’ve had many of them.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

No, but comfortable enough to die.

(1717 – 1780) Empress of Austria & Hungary

Go away. I'm all right.

(1866 – 1946) English author

The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can’t get out and those outside don’t want to get in.

(1864 – 1936) American newspaper editor & writer

You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper.

(1953 – 1992) American career criminal & convicted murderer

Why should I talk to you? I've just been talking with your boss.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

(1892 – 1955) Swiss composer

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

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer