Weddings and funerals are when you figure out who your real friends are. — Amy Dickinson Copy Share Image
“We do have funerals for the living," Jill said. "They're called birthday parties.” — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“All death reminds us that nothing is promised, only that life was worth it.” — Shannon Alder 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
A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor — Seneca Copy Share Image
Death was a big part of my life growing up. I went to lots of funerals. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
What does long life avail? The best seats at the funerals of friends. — Delmore Schwartz Copy Share Image
Frankly, I'm not much for funerals unless it's absolutely an obligation. I don't feel it serves much of a purpose to go… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
I have spent a lot of time picturing my funeral. Then I realized no one would attend it in the first place.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Funerals and memorial services are something that have to be gotten through. They honor the dead, but they’re for the living.” — J.A. Jance Copy Share Image
Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived. — Aaron Eckhart Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 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
Funerals cost so much money, and are likely to be an additional source of stress in this recession - it's sad that… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
We usually meet all of our relatives only at funerals where somebody always observes: "Too bad we can't get together more often". — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
Even the death of Friends will inspire us as much as their lives. They will leave consolation to the mourners, as the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Although I have always loved the noise of laughter, I really can't fear the coming of quiet. As for funerals, I rather… — Bob Monkhouse Copy Share Image
God Saw You Getting Tiered. God saw you getting tiered and a cure was not to be, so he put his arms… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I missed a lot of family weddings and funerals because we were out on the road and had these big gigs, and… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
“Atmosphere" is a massive song. A lot of people say it's their favorite Joy Division song, but it's not mine; it reminds… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
What does homophobia look like when it's stripped bare of fancy costumes like family values and tradition? It looks like that group… — Jane Velez-Mitchell Copy Share Image
There whil'st the world prov'd prodigal of breath, the headless trunks lay prostrated in heaps; this field of funerals sacred unto death,… — William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling Copy Share Image
In Ethiopia, food is often looked at through a strong spiritual lens, stronger than anywhere else I know. It's the focal point… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
“ The Voyager We are all lonely voyagers sailing on life's ebb tide, To a far off place were all stripling warriors… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Samson caused the house to collapse, knowing his death would also result. Despite Samson’s deliberate suicide, Samson died faithful after having judged… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
“Movie directors often shoot funerals in the rain. The mourners stand in their dark suits under large black umbrellas, the kind you… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“Death is a personal matter, arousing sorrow, despair, fervor, or dry-hearted philosophy. Funerals, on the other hand, are social functions. Imagine going… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“When someone you love dies, you are given the gift of "second chances". Their eulogy is a reminder that the living can… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared… — Wendy Webb Copy Share Image
“There are those, too, who are ethnically predisposed in favor of funerals, who recognize among the black drapes and dirges an emotionally… — Thomas Lynch Copy Share Image
