Subject: Death (Page 8)

Oblituaries

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

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

Sex and death; two things that come once in a lifetime… only after death, you’re not so nauseous.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Give Death Panels a Chance

This is it! I'm going. I'm going.

(1886 – 1950) American singer, comedian & actor

Hurrah for anarchy! This is the happiest moment of my life.

(1836 – 1887) German born anarchist & labor union activist

I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

(234 – 149 BC) Roman statesman

Bless you, Sister.  May all your sons be bishops.

(1923 – 1964) Irish poet, short story writer, novelist & playwright

Life: A continuous series of disasters which result in one’s death.

They say that after a brush with death the world looks different and that was true for me, but by the time I caught my breath, I realized that it was because I had lost my glasses.

(1945 – 1997) American novelist & scholar

My doctor gave me two weeks to live… I hope they're in August.

comedian

He always regarded death as highly overrated and could never understand why anybody made such a fuss about it.

(1943 – ) English comedian, writer, television host & actor

This is funny.

(1851 – 1887) American gambler, gunfighter & dentist of the American old west

Sheldon: At my age, do you know how I’m statistically most likely to die?
Leonard: At the hands of your roommate?
Sheldon: An accident.
Leonard: That’s how I’m going to make it look.

(1975 – ) American actor

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

When I hear that a man is religious, I conclude he is a rascal!

(1711 – 1776) Scottish philosopher, historian, economist & essayist

Take away those pillows. I shall need them no more.

(1832 – 1898) English author, mathematician, logician & photographer

Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.

(1865 – 1936) English short-story writer, poet & novelist

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

(1867 – 1932) American Broadway impresario

Grave: A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.

(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright