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title: "12 Tombstone Say Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Tombstone Say quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Tombstone Say sayings and thoughts."
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> [On my tombstone it will say: 'I tried everything - nothing was easy.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-rudner/on-my-tombstone-it-will-say-i-tried-everything-nothing-was-easy/)

[Rita Rudner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-rudner/)

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> [I want my tombstone to say She Lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-taylor/i-want-my-tombstone-to-say-she-lived/)

[Elizabeth Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-taylor/)

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> [I want my tombstone to say that I won the Champions League with Barca.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quique-setien/i-want-my-tombstone-to-say-that-i-won-the-champions-league-with-barca/)

[Quique Setien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quique-setien/)

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> [When I die I want my tombstone to say 'BRB'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-i-die-i-want-my-tombstone-to-say-brb/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I don't want my tombstone to say actress. I want it to say human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-holden/i-don-t-want-my-tombstone-to-say-actress-i-want-it-to-say-human-being/)

[Laurie Holden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-holden/)

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> [On my tombstone it will say, 'At last, a day off.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradley-walsh/on-my-tombstone-it-will-say-at-last-a-day-off/)

[Bradley Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradley-walsh/)

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> [If I have a tombstone when it's all over, it will say, 'He tried to connect.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mandy-patinkin/if-i-have-a-tombstone-when-it-s-all-over-it-will-say-he-tried-to/)

[Mandy Patinkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mandy-patinkin/)

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> [I sometimes joke that when I die, my tombstone will say, 'Here lies the guy who hired Jonathan Ive,'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-brunner/i-sometimes-joke-that-when-i-die-my-tombstone-will-say-here-lies-the/)

[Robert Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-brunner/)

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> [“Interviewer: What do you want your tombstone to say? Reply: I was hoping for a pyramid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldon-farrell/interviewer-what-do-you-want-your-tombstone-to-say-reply-i-was-hoping/)

[Eldon Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldon-farrell/)

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> [When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up. And she never takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-roberts/when-i-go-if-there-s-a-tombstone-it-will-say-she-doesn-t-give-in-she/)

[Doris Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-roberts/)

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> [I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-turner/i-know-what-i-m-having-em-put-on-my-tombstone-i-have-nothing-more-to/)

[Ted Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-turner/)

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> [“It is brutal. Only I never could see the sense in having folks look at your tombstone and say, 'He was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-l-amour/it-is-brutal-only-i-never-could-see-the-sense-in-having-folks-look-at/)

[Louis L'Amour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-l-amour/)

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