--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I'm of an age when if I started to do…" description: "\"I'm of an age when if I started to do eulogies, I'd be doing nothing else. You don't want to be remembered? I don't want them to be told to remember me..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/garrison-keillor-1037_age_i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eu_2064530.jpg" --- # I'm of an age when if I started to do eulogies, I'd be… ![“I'm of an age when if I started to do eulogies, I'd be doing nothing else. You don't want to be remembered? I don't want them to be told to remember me.” quote by Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/garrison-keillor-1037_age_i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eu_2064530.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/garrison-keillor-1037_age_i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eu_2064530.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/garrison-keillor-1037_age_i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eu_2064530.jpg) > “I'm of an age when if I started to do eulogies, I'd be doing nothing else. You don't want to be remembered? I don't want them to be told to remember me.” [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. He feels that writing eulogies would dominate his work, implying a desire for a broader legacy beyond remembrance. **In simple terms:** He avoids being remembered only through eulogies. Key Takeaway Seek diverse contributions beyond memorials. Themes legacy memory creative focus Mood thoughtful melancholic Type reflective inspirational When to use this quote - obituaries - public speaking - writing projects - community service Key Concepts mortality authorship personal fulfillment Questions to Reflect On - What do you want to be remembered for? - How can you shape your legacy actively? A Different Perspective Obituaries can be limiting and somber. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Doing nothing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-nothing/) [Eulogies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eulogies/) [Eulogies Doing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eulogies-doing-3955284/) [Eulogy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eulogy/) [Ifs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/) [Insanity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/insanity/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Life / death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-death-2/) [Remember](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/remember/) [Remember me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/remember-me/) [Remembered](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/remembered/) [Started Eulogies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/started-eulogies-3955285/) [Told Remember](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/told-remember-712381/) [Want](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/) [Want Remembered](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want-remembered/) ## Related quotes > [I don't want them to be told to remember me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-don-t-want-them-to-be-told-to-remember-me/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-noonan/i-love-eulogies-they-are-the-most-moving-kind-of-speech-because-they/) [Peggy Noonan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-noonan/) > [Nothing can save you from hate, empty all your treasures and give it to people and one out of the multitudes will curse you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/nothing-can-save-you-from-hate-empty-all-your-treasures-and-give-it/) [Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/) > [Have you noticed that when we die, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arianna-huffington/have-you-noticed-that-when-we-die-our-eulogies-celebrate-our-lives/) [Arianna Huffington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arianna-huffington/) > [Eulogies never talk about what was on your resume. Be remembered for how you made people feel and your passions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arianna-huffington/eulogies-never-talk-about-what-was-on-your-resume-be-remembered-for/) [Arianna Huffington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arianna-huffington/) > [So good to be alive when the eulogies are read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ochs/so-good-to-be-alive-when-the-eulogies-are-read/) [Phil Ochs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ochs/) > [Why do we spend so much of our limited time on this earth focusing on all the things that our eulogies will never cover?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arianna-huffington/why-do-we-spend-so-much-of-our-limited-time-on-this-earth-focusing-on/) [Arianna Huffington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arianna-huffington/) > [“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human being or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/most-human-beings-would-have-never-been-pained-by-the-death-of-a/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) > [“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/a-premature-death-does-not-only-rob-one-of-the-countless-instances/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) > [People say, "How would you like to be remembered?" I don't want to be remembered. Gimme a break. What I want is to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-lewis/people-say-how-would-you-like-to-be-remembered-i-don-t-want-to-be/) [Jerry Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-lewis/) > [“Remember this, I told myself. Remember how quiet today is. I had the newspaper, which I would keep for years, and I was on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-danler/remember-this-i-told-myself-remember-how-quiet-today-is-i-had-the/) [Stephanie Danler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-danler/) > [I am anxious to give away information, for it is only by giving it away that you can keep it. When you have told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/i-am-anxious-to-give-away-information-for-it-is-only-by-giving-it/) [Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/) > [“I told myself to remember the snow and to remember my pure, strong happiness at simply being alive to see it. That thought has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-told-myself-to-remember-the-snow-and-to-remember-my-pure-strong/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [I told him, though, that he better be good to you. When you came along, I said I'd share you, but I told him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/i-told-him-though-that-he-better-be-good-to-you-when-you-came-along-i/) [Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/) > [“Outside he hurried again, for he had several blocks to walk and the beer turned out to be no more than cool. He told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/outside-he-hurried-again-for-he-had-several-blocks-to-walk-and-the/) [Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/) ## More by Garrison Keillor > [God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/god-writes-a-lot-of-comedy-the-trouble-is-he-s-stuck-with-so-many-bad/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [The socially redeeming aspect of golf lies in the vast number of lawyers and bankers and managers who play it, and when you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/the-socially-redeeming-aspect-of-golf-lies-in-the-vast-number-of/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [God plays a lot of jokes on us to get our attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/god-plays-a-lot-of-jokes-on-us-to-get-our-attention/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [Ha! Easy for nuns to talk about giving up things. That's what they do for a living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/ha-easy-for-nuns-to-talk-about-giving-up-things-that-s-what-they-do/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [This is the big reason most humorists fail. Drunks don't read books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/this-is-the-big-reason-most-humorists-fail-drunks-don-t-read-books/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [Before the world was made, when it was only darkness and mist and waters, God was well aware of Lake Wobegon, my family, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/before-the-world-was-made-when-it-was-only-darkness-and-mist-and/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [On investments, 1998: Where I'm from we don't trust paper. Wealth is what's here on the premises. If I open a cupboard and see,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/on-investments-1998-where-i-m-from-we-don-t-trust-paper-wealth-is/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [“The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/the-rich-can-afford-to-be-progressive-poor-people-have-reason-to-be/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/english-is-the-perfect-language-for-preachers-because-it-allows-you/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [“If you can't read a simple goddam sign and follow one simple goddam instruction then get your fat butt the hell out of here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/if-you-can-t-read-a-simple-goddam-sign-and-follow-one-simple-goddam/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [“The Gospel is meant to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/the-gospel-is-meant-to-comfort-the-afflicted-and-afflict-the/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [I don't want them to be told to remember me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-don-t-want-them-to-be-told-to-remember-me/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [Childhood is the small town everyone came from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/childhood-is-the-small-town-everyone-came-from/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [I have taken so many wrong turns and been so careless with precious things and managed to lose, or break, or leave out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-have-taken-so-many-wrong-turns-and-been-so-careless-with-precious/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [Where I'm from we don't trust paper. Wealth is what's here on the premises. If I open a cupboard and see, say, thirty cans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/where-i-m-from-we-don-t-trust-paper-wealth-is-what-s-here-on-the/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Explore all 304 Garrison Keillor quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) ## More Age quotes > [I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hawkins/i-need-a-bath-he-chuckled-you-smell-of-smoke-as-do-i-the-duke-turned/) [Karen Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hawkins/) > [While we've youth in our hearts, we can never grow old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/while-we-ve-youth-in-our-hearts-we-can-never-grow-old/) [Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/) > [It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dacia-maraini/it-s-easier-to-change-a-law-than-an-age-old-mentality-deep-down-many/) [Dacia Maraini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dacia-maraini/) > [When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabrina-claudio/when-i-first-started-writing-when-i-was-15-i-would-go-to-work-with/) [Sabrina Claudio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabrina-claudio/) > [Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/svetlana-alexievich/real-people-speak-in-my-books-about-the-main-events-of-the-age-such/) [Svetlana Alexievich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/svetlana-alexievich/) > [As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-jones/as-a-child-i-was-very-involved-with-sports-and-i-knew-at-age-9-that-i/) [Marion Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-jones/) > [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/by-making-conscious-choices-in-our-behavior-and-where-we-focus-our/) [Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/) > [I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gennaro-gattuso/i-am-just-enjoying-the-dream-of-being-milan-coach-at-the-age-of-40/) [Gennaro Gattuso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gennaro-gattuso/) > [Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-goodman/age-is-an-accumulation-of-life-and-loss-adulthood-is-a-series-of/) [Ellen Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-goodman/) > [I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dia-mirza/i-calculated-that-if-i-live-up-to-the-age-of-80-then-i-end-up-using/) [Dia Mirza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dia-mirza/) > [Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/why-is-wisdom-so-fair-why-is-beauty-so-wise-because-all-else-is/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-matthey/it-was-only-when-i-went-to-acting-school-that-i-was-like-you-are/) [Giles Matthey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-matthey/) > [That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brinsley-sheridan/that-old-man-dies-prematurely-whose-memory-records-no-benefits/) [Richard Brinsley Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brinsley-sheridan/) > [We have started to make music at age seven. That was a hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-kaulitz/we-have-started-to-make-music-at-age-seven-that-was-a-hard-work/) [Bill Kaulitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-kaulitz/) [Browse all 18,948 Age quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm of an age when if I started to do eulogies, I'd be doing nothing else. You don't want to be remembered? I don't want them to be told to remember me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Garrison Keillor" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eulogies-i-d-be-doing-nothing/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Age" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eulogies-i-d-be-doing-nothing/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/garrison-keillor-1037_age_i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eu_2064530.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/garrison-keillor-1037_age_i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eu_2064530.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/garrison-keillor-1037_age_i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eu_2064530.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm of an age when if I started to do eulogies, I'd be doing nothing else. You don't want to be remembered?…” — Garrison Keillor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Garrison Keillor", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I'm of an age when if...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eulogies-i-d-be-doing-nothing/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eulogies-i-d-be-doing-nothing/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```