Tombstones Quotes

21 quotes by 17 authors

Having read the inscriptions upon the tombstones of the great and little cemeteries, Wang Peng advised the Emperor to kill all the living and resurrect… — Paul Eldridge
Many peoples tombstones should read, 'Died at 30. Buried at 60.' — Nicholas Murray Butler
The majority of my symphonies are tombstones. — Dmitri Shostakovich
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
The epitaphs on tombstones of a great many people should read: Died at thirty, and buried at sixty. — Nicholas Murray Butler
Whoâ€™s afraid of the big, bad buildings? Everyone, because there are so many things about gigantism that we just donâ€™t know. The gamble of triumph… — Ada Louise Huxtable
Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform. — Jacob M. Appel
Bah, tombstones are only good for pigeons to sit on — Vladimir Lenin
Paintings, like tombstones, will last a good five hundred years, well into twenty or thirty generations. — Robert Genn
The odor of bowel wind is known to every human, but the fragrance of book glue has crossed only a fraction of mortal nostrils. And… — James K. Morrow
We think of mortality so little these days... I thought of the stern Victorian determination to keep death in mind, the uncompromising tombstones. Remember, pilgrim,… — Tana French
Cemeteries in Bohemia are like gardens. The graves are covered with grass and colourful flowers. Modest tombstones are lost in the greenery. When the sun… — Milan Kundera
When I was younger, I loved graveyards. They weren't spooky so much as mysterious. Each tombstone another story to uncover. Another life to learn about.… — Pseudonymous Bosch
Unvisited tombstones, unread diaries, and erased video game high-score rankings are three of the most potent symbols of mankind's pathetic and fruitless attempts at immortality. — Sarah Silverman
Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead. Do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead. — Unknown Author
Tombstones don't talk back. — Unknown Author
Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.' — Nicholas M. Butler
I went home to show them they was wrong. All that I found was two tombstones. — Unknown Author
The towns lay out across the dusty planes, like graveyards filled with tombstones, waiting for the names. — The Eagles
Tombstones read RIP cause it's pieces they rest in — Earl Sweatshirt

Who Wrote These Tombstones Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 21 Tombstones Quotes as follows: