I order that my funeral ceremonies be extremely modest, and that they take place at dawn or at the evening Ave Maria,… — Giuseppe Verdi Copy Share Image
“Heaven and earth are my inner and outer coffins. The sun, moon, and stars are my drapery, and the whole creation my… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
I wanted to be at my sister's funeral, but my family has always had a complicated dynamic. — Nick Carter Copy Share Image
Perhaps the wind Wails so in winter for the summers dead, And all sad sounds are nature's funeral cries For what has… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I'm not a suit and tie kind of guy. I wear a suit once a year, for the Hall of Fame, or… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
The best part of my day is going to my own funeral. Watching an old part of me going six-foot under that… — Geraldine Vermaak Copy Share Image
“El ser humano y la muerte nunca llegan a conocerse. Nadie asiste a su propio funeral.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But you know what? When I die, everybody is invited to come take a selfie at my funeral. Except for my enemies.… — Ezra Koenig Copy Share Image
The only kind office performed for us by our friends of which we never complain is our funeral; and the only thing… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A thousand times over, the death knell of the Bible has been sounded, the funeral procession formed, the inscription cut on the… — Bernard Ramm Copy Share Image
“A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your… — Beth Lincoln Copy Share Image
If we have another 2,000 people killed, I want Nancy Pelosi and George Soros, John Conyers and Pat Leahy to go to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Gerald Westerby, he told himself. You were present at your birth. You were present at your several marriages and at some of… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Growing up, I saw my mother cry exactly once. The morning of her brother's funeral. One long tear ran down her cheek… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton was doing Ku Klux Klan grand kleagel jokes at Byrd's funeral, saying, Oh, Robert C. Byrd, he used the -… — Sean Hannity Copy Share Image
I have prayed with the families and wept at the funerals of Hoosiers who did not shrink from 9-11 but grew into… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Every now and then I think about my own death, and I think about my own funeral. ... Every now and then… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“[Funeral sermon, 02/08/1880] How is it with this young man here? Well, I wish it were otherwise; I wish he had lived… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
Before you judge me as some kind of 'anything goes' language heathen, let me just say that I'm not against usage standards.… — Arika Okrent Copy Share Image
But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
I felt a funeral in my brain, and mourners to and fro kept treading, treading till I felt that sense was breaking… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Emily suffers no more from pain or weakness now. She will never suffer more in this world. She is gone after a… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
The wind outside nested in each tree, prowled the sidewalks in invisible treads like unseen cats. Tom Skelton shivered. Anyone could see… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
So die as though your funeral Ushered you through the doors that led Into a stately banquet hall Where heroes banqueted. — Alan Seeger Copy Share Image
People are scared to make something that doesn't look like another film that made a lot of money. It means we get… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
At my dad's funeral I didn't cry when my dad died. I did it years later when I forgave him, which I've… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
He has been a doctor a year now and has had two patients - no, three, I think - yes, it was… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer. — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
The funeral business is so manipulative emotionally. I would want to be thrown into the sea or burned - something that's not… — Bjork Copy Share Image
“Maybe when we face a tragedy, someone, somewhere is preventing a bigger tragedy from happening.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
My grandfather had a wonderful funeral... On the buffet table there was a replica of the deceased in potato salad. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Always remember this: If you don't attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Western funerals: black hearses, and black horses, and fast-fading flowers. Why should black be the colour of death? Why not the colours… — Daniele Vare Copy Share Image
Friends will attend my funeral. Good friends will cry at my funeral. But my best friends would update my Facebook status Who… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Lessee...he'd gone off after the funeral and gotten drunk. No, not drunk, another word, ended with "er." Drunker. that was it. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Funerals consist of older generations initiating the younger into another adulthood. Filling spaces of the one passed.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a very insignificant man, actually. At his funeral his hearse followed the other cars. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“If your old man caps me, you better be front and center at my fuckin’ funeral, cryin’ your goddamn eyes out.” — Madeline Sheehan Copy Share Image
![“[Funeral sermon, 02/08/1880] How is it with this young man here? Well, I wish it were otherwise; I wish he had lived a very good Saint, which, however, he did not do. We have not come here to indulge in any kind of false sentimentality. He was a drunkard; that is a truth and many of you know it…” quote by John Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/john-taylor-11046_funeral_funeral-sermon-02-08-1880-how-is-it-with_2602810.jpg)
