Bible Quote by Eugene H. Peterson

A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.

— Thomas Lynch

The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show…

— P. J. O'Rourke

A thousand times over, the death knell of the Bible has been sounded, the funeral procession formed, the inscription cut on the tombstone, and…

— Bernard Ramm

A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy devices, coming now too late,…

— Anonymous

Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

— Aaron Eckhart

A funeral isn't for the dead. You'll simply be a stage set for a kind of festival maybe. And besides, you won't even be…

— John Steinbeck

“Stories are told at festive, joyful gatherings, but the ones narrated at funerals are special because they reaffirm existence, of the listeners and the…

— Janice Pariat

“A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not…

— Beth Lincoln

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that…

— Ambrose Bierce

The bible fits man for life and prepares him for death

— Daniel Webster

Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens…

— Ambrose Bierce

“Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning…

— Wendy Webb