Arizona Quote by Harry S. Truman

...there occurred to me the simple epitaph which, when I am no more, I intend to have inscribed on my tombstone. It was this:…

— Anonymous

I don't want an epitaph on my gravestone that says, 'He would have pursued some big dreams in his life, but other people wouldn't…

— Tom Peters

All's well that ends well; which is the epitaph I should put on my tombstone if I were the last man left alive.

— Bertrand Russell

“A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough. [ Alexander's tombstone epitaph ]”

— Alexander the Great

When my time is over, lying in my grave Written on my tombstone, I want it to say This man was a legend, a…

— Mars Mavis Paul John

“Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives, dares now to vindicate them, let not prejudice, nor ignorance,…

— Gretta Curran Browne

The epitaphs on tombstones of a great many people should read: Died at thirty, and buried at sixty.

— Nicholas Murray Butler

“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

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at…

— Rebecca West

When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: I joked about every prominent man of…

— Will Rogers

“The only thing written in stone is your epitaph.”

— Elaine Radley

“When I look at these stiffs by the fire, I am looking at a graveyard. There is hardly room to move between the tombstones.…

— Tom Kromer