On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'. — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world. — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
You know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? 'She did it the hard way.' — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,' — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
“Look at that grave… Think anyone comes to visit that person?" "Probably not," says Frank. "What's the point in having a gravestone… — Albert Borris Copy Share Image
I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It's about stories. If I can tell the story to America, whether it's Riesling or a boxer from Harlem, it will sell.… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
I always tell my wife, 'If you're ever looking for something to put on my gravestone, put down, 'He was an honest… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
The fist of a revolutionist must be hard like a gravestone; if not, his own gravestone will soon be erected! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“I've never written a quote I feel would be suitable for my gravestone. Wouldn't it be ironic if it were this one?… — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
“This is how I want to be remembered: In spite of everything, she really tried to be nice and believed other people… — Mik Everett Copy Share Image
When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: I joked about every prominent… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Being Jewish, you didn't get into a sorority. So I really was much more outgoing and gregarious. I really didn't want to… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints - the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes. Whether the life is tragic or… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“It is upon such stones that men attempt to permanently etch history so they will not exist in a vacuum; it is… — Rob Bignell Copy Share Image
He who sees his heir in his own child, carries his eye over hopes and possessions lying far beyond his gravestone, viewing… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
In the pale light of daybreak the gravestones looked like so many white sails of boats anchored in a busy harbor. They… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
When she fell asleep, she dreamed of death-- not just for her, not just for her species, but for every living thing… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for… — David Ives Copy Share Image
“Words, so much more readily remembered, gradually replace our past with their own. Our birth pangs become pages. Our battles, our triumphs,… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I must say, some are not very beautifully made. They’re coffee-table books for people who drink alcohol. I have nothing against coffee-table… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
“had no idea that Mr. Meany was capable of such precise craftsmanship. I’d also had no idea that Mr. Meany was familiar… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“I went up to his gravestone and repeated what the others had done: I placed a pebble on his tomb and silently… — Emilie Schindler Copy Share Image
There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
