Best Tombstone Sayings

154 Tombstone quotes by 137 unique authors

James Joyce buried himself in his great work. _Finnegan's Wake_ is his monument and his tombstone. A dead end. — Edward Abbey
I have tried my best to give the nation everything I had in me. There are probably a million people who could have done the… — Harry S. Truman
My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at? — Margaret Smith
The burden of suffering seems a tombstone hung about our necks, while in reality it is only the weight which is necessary to keep down… — Jean Paul
Had I to carve an inscription on my tombstone I would ask for none other than "The Individual." — Soren Kierkegaard
Many peoples tombstones should read, 'Died at 30. Buried at 60.' — Nicholas Murray Butler
The majority of my symphonies are tombstones. — Dmitri Shostakovich
When you die there's going to be a tombstone. It's going to have your name. It's gonna have the year you're born and the day… — Tim Tebow
I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She… — Ann Richards
On my tombstone, I really hope that someday they will write: He was true but partial... — Ken Wilber
Kids are dying from causes of sexual activity. You're not going to find a tombstone stating that Frankie died because he was a virgin. — A. C. Green
Actually I like the idea of being a Renaissance hack. If tombstones were still in style, I would want to have the two words chiseled… — Dennis Flanagan
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. — Christian Nestell Bovee
The epitaphs on tombstones of a great many people should read: Died at thirty, and buried at sixty. — Nicholas Murray Butler
Who’s afraid of the big, bad buildings? Everyone, because there are so many things about gigantism that we just don’t know. The gamble of triumph… — Ada Louise Huxtable
I want one word on my tombstone - dancer. — Agnes de Mille
A good character is the best tombstone. — Charles Spurgeon
Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform. — Jacob M. Appel
I sometimes joke that when I die, my tombstone will say, 'Here lies the guy who hired Jonathan Ive,' — Robert Brunner
Bah, tombstones are only good for pigeons to sit on — Vladimir Lenin
I want my tombstone to read: If this is a joke, I don't get it. — David Brenner
When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, 'I have arrived.' Because when you feel that you… — Yul Brynner
Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone. — Franco Nero
Many years ago I sent an old, beloved jacket to a cleaner, the Sycamore Cleaners. It was a leather jacket covered in Guinness and blood… — Peter O'Toole
My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses… — Alastair Campbell

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