Obituaries Quotes

23 Obituaries quotes by 21 unique authors

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
Decency is not news. It is buried in the obituaries, but it is a force stronger than crime. — Robert A. Heinlein
It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews. — Roger Maris
You know the Greeks didnt write obituaries, they only asked one question after a man died, ‘Did he have passion?’ — Jeremy Piven
The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected a deliberate trade-off… — Unknown Author
There's a magical part of it (writing obituaries), too, which is you're trying to breathe life back into someone who has just died. You're trying… — Marilyn Johnson
Oh definitely. It'll be in a hot tub, with my entire head squeezed into a jet. The photos are going to be hilarious. Man, I… — Jason Sudeikis
Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives. — Charles Wheelan
Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries. — Bill Cosby
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. — Clarence Darrow
I had real plans for my next decade and felt I'd worked hard enough to earn it. Will I really not live to see my… — Christopher Hitchens
When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go,… — Don DeLillo
I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will… — Robert A. Heinlein
If you start the day reading the obituaries, you live your day a little differently. — David Levithan
I had always imagined Rosa Parks as a stately woman with a bold temperament, someone who could easily stand up to a busload of glowering… — Susan Cain
Obituaries were among my favorite to write because they have elements no other news stories have - a story from start to finish with a… — Tom Rachman
My father always read obituaries to me out loud, not because he was maudlin or morbid, but because they were mini biographies. — Bill Paxton
I feel like my career has been a series of glowing obituaries. — Michael Ian Black
I think the idea of fact-checking, I think the idea that you come up through a system where you know how to cover night cops,… — Juan Williams
At my age I do what Mark Twain did. I get my daily paper, look at the obituaries page and if I'm not there I… — Unknown Author
I know you only do what's best for me But is it cool if we negotiate my destiny They always tellin' me it's temporary Than… — J. Cole
I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. — Mark Twain
I read the newspaper every day just to see if there's anyone I know in the obituaries or the underwear ads. — Nikhil Saluja

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