Gravestone Quotes

40 Gravestone quotes by 37 unique authors

There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable… — George C. Marshall
I don't want an epitaph on my gravestone that says, 'He would have pursued some big dreams in his life, but other people wouldn't let… — Tom Peters
On my gravestone, I want it to say, "I told you I was sick." — Tom Waits
You know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? 'She did it the hard way.' — Bette Davis
I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,' — Ian Mckellen
Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'. — Edward Abbey
When you're gone would you rather have your gravestone say, 'He never missed a meeting.' Or one that said, 'He was a great father.' — Steve Blank
A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival. — Al Purdy
Write on my gravestone: 'Infidel, Traitor.', infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people. — Wendell Phillips
In the pale light of daybreak the gravestones looked like so many white sails of boats anchored in a busy harbor. They were sails that… — Yukio Mishima
I don't want to have a gravestone. I want to have all my friends burn me and then snort the ashes. I think that's the… — Marilyn Manson
I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for at least a… — David Ives
Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith. — Patrick Stump
One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone. — Carlos Fuentes
My gravestone will say,'Here Lies Damon Lindelof - Or Does He? — Damon Lindelof
Learn your lines.' I want that on my gravestone. — John C. McGinley
Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years. — Thomas Browne
When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: I joked about every prominent man of my… — Will Rogers
I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that race must be… — Henry Louis Gates
It's about stories. If I can tell the story to America, whether it's Riesling or a boxer from Harlem, it will sell. I know on… — Gary Vaynerchuk
I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.' — Jesse Ventura
Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for… — Vladimir Nabokov
People are curious. A few people are. ... They will put things together, knowing all along that they may be mistaken. You see them going… — Alice Munro
I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and… — Anne Lamott
One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In Hope. In… — Margaret Atwood

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