Death Quote by Ambrose Bierce

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that…

— Ambrose Bierce

A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.

— Thomas Lynch

Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

— Aaron Eckhart

“Death is a personal matter, arousing sorrow, despair, fervor, or dry-hearted philosophy. Funerals, on the other hand, are social functions. Imagine going to a…

— John Steinbeck

A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy devices, coming now too late,…

— Anonymous

“A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not…

— Beth Lincoln

“People don’t gather after a death to mourn, but rather to reaffirm why life matters and to remember to exult in the only one…

— Heather Lende

The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show…

— P. J. O'Rourke

A funeral isn't for the dead. You'll simply be a stage set for a kind of festival maybe. And besides, you won't even be…

— John Steinbeck

“Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning…

— Wendy Webb

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 and see…

— Arnold Palmer

The pomp of funerals has more regard to the vanity of the living than the honor of the dead

— François De La Rochefoucauld