Subject: Death (Page 9)

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

I'm sorry, boys, I’m all wet.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

The show which, alas, every actor has to miss is his own memorial service.

(1908 – 1992) English actor

You know how you're going to die, you just don't know when.

comedian

The grass is brown on both sides of the fence.

Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub.

(1887 – 1979) American businessman & founder of the Hilton Hotels

On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

This isn't Hamlet, you know. It's not meant to go into the bloody ear.

(1907 – 1989) English actor, director & producer

Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.

(1820 – 1903) English philosopher

Martyr: One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

The wages of sin is death – but the working conditions are good.

How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?

(1810 – 1891) American showman, businessman, entertainer & circus founder

There is no such thing as inner peace; there is only nervousness and death.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Utter nonsense.

(1884 – 1962) diplomat & reformer & first lady

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

(1894 – 1963) English writer

On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

He died of cirrhosis of the liver… it costs money to die of cirrhosis of the liver.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

The key here, I think, is to not think of death as an end. But, to think of it more as a very effective way of cutting down on your expenses.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

A redneck died and left his entire fortune to his beloved wife… she couldn’t touch it until she was fourteen.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality