Best Funeral Sayings
514 Funeral quotes by 421 unique authors
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I think weddings are sadder than funerals, because they remind you of your own wedding. You can't be reminded of your own funeral because it…
— Brendan Behan
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Always remember this: If you don't attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.
— H. L. Mencken
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A eugoogoolizer...one who speaks at funerals...Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?
— Ben Stiller
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I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours…
— Carey Mulligan
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I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names…
— Tobe Hooper
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When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home, which was around the corner.
— Etta James
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You know how funerals are not for the dead, they’re for the living? Bachelor parties are not for the groom, they’re for the uncommitted.
— Bill Murray
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No matter how great a man is, the size of his funeral usually depends on the weather.
— Rosemary Clooney
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My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.
— Josh Groban
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As soon as people see my face on a movie screen, they knew two things: first, I'm not going to get the girl, and second,…
— Lee Marvin
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The only thing they can get me for is running a funeral parlor without a license.
— John Wayne
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If I had taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral.
— George Burns
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Don’t go to the funeral until the day of the funeral - live this day,
— Valerie Harper
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Welcome to Israel, where chanting “Death to Arabs” is democracy, running over children is equality, and firing on funerals is peace.
— Remi Kanazi
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Once again your mind explodes with a searing pain. A floodgate of memories bursts wide. Yet it is her face that keeps haunting you. Always…
— Todd McFarlane
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Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral
— Arthur C. Clarke
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If you wish to live, you must first attend your own funeral.
— Katherine Mansfield
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There is but one freedom, To put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing…
— Albert Camus
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It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the…
— Elton John
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Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds Are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the…
— Eva Cassidy
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I am going to seek the great Perhaps.
— Francois Rabelais
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Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.
— George Santayana
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Bear patiently, my heart, for you have suffered heavier things.
— Homer
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I'd been told of all the things you're meant to feel when your father dies. Sudden freedom, growing up, the end of dependence, the step…
— John Mortimer
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If I should go before the rest of you Break not a flower nor inscribe a stone, Nor when I'm gone speak in a Sunday…
— Joyce Grenfell
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