Children Quote by Franklin Graham

My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that's my father.

— Bernice King

When we grew up, our Dad was a preacher.

— Kings Of Leon

“But hey, that’s how it goes when you get stuck with a preacher for a daddy.”

— Kyle Idleman

“And the tombstone will never answer. Because the dead have only the voices we give to them.”

— Sherman Alexie

I want my tombstone to read: If this is a joke, I don't get it.

— David Brenner

“It was supposed to say “Great Artist” on my tombstone, but if I died right now it would say “such a good teacher/​daughter/​friend” instead;…

— Claire Messud

“I once read these words on a tombstone: “Born, died, kept.” Let us pray God to keep us in perfect peace, and assured of…

— Dwight L. Moody

My tombstone? I'm thinking something along the lines of, 'Geez, he was just here a minute ago.'

— George Carlin

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

“Daddy said that Jesus talked in parables because people have a tendency to hear but not listen. They look but don't see. I guess…

— Susan Gregg Gilmore

I don't want a tombstone. You could carve on it 'She never actually wanted a tombstone.'

— Ali Smith

“I'm just afraid of having a tombstone that says HERE LIES A PROMISING OLD MAN.”

— David Foster Wallace