Subject: Death (Page 3)

Do you realize we’re only a heart attack away from Bush being president?

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

'Hey Death – is that a sickle in your hand or are you just glad to see me?'

American comedian

I remember what my grandmother said to me on her deathbed: She said: ‘I wish I’d bought a normal bed.’

British stand-up comedian, writer & actor

Only from the cold, my friend.

(1736 – 1793) French astronomer, orator & leader of the French Revolution

Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy.

(1877 – 1959) English theatre & film actor

Oblituaries

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

I feel nothing except a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.

(1657 – 1757) French author

Marriage can be viewed as the waiting room for death.

(1963 – ) Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter & film producer

Was Uncle Oscar’s death very untimely, you ask? Well, it was near lunch.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Show my head to the people.  It is worth seeing.

(1759 – 1794) influential figure in the French Revolution

I’m not unwell, I’m f**king dying.

(1932 – 1997) British journalist

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

Are you happy?  I'm happy.

(1879 – 1959) American actress

Our sympathy is extended to Samuel Austin, whose mother pasted away.

Mozart! Mozart!

(1860 – 1911) Austrian composer

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it.

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

It sounds like attention-seeking behavior to me.

(1958 – ) Welsh actor, writer & comedian

My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more.

(1920 – 2000) American actor

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

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian