Funerals Quotes

140 quotes by 128 authors

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a… — Matthew Arnold
I guess I do prefer a ball cap. I have performed without a cap, mostly at funerals and weddings. — Rodney Atkins
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. — Henry Ward Beecher
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours. — Yogi Berra
I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in… — Erma Bombeck
I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something.… — Erma Bombeck
I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high. — Albert Brooks
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. — John Burroughs
Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died… — George W. Bush
Funerals and weddings were commonplace, and nothing could have been so interesting to them as the coming of the end of the world ... unless… — Edward Eggleston
I hate funerals and would not attend my own if it could be avoided — Robert Tappan Morris
Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived. — Aaron Eckhart
I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of, say, Judaism, Anglicanism… — Richard Dawkins
The soul comes from without into the human body, as into a temporary abode, and it goes out of it anew it passes into other… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours. — Clarence Day
Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral. — Rosalind Russell
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
Always remember this: If you don't attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours. — H. L. Mencken
A eugoogoolizer...one who speaks at funerals...Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was? — Ben Stiller
You know how funerals are not for the dead, theyâ€™re for the living? Bachelor parties are not for the groom, theyâ€™re for the uncommitted. — Bill Murray

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