Death Quote by Jessica Mitford Download Open image “Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.” — Jessica Mitford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Death Dying Expensive Gracious Huge
Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The one thing I've found you really can't joke about - and people think it's death or something - is money. No one thinks… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves. — Lynn Caine Copy Share Image
We are ready to die and shall die cheerfully and proudly, you must not grieve for all of this. — Patrick Pearse Copy Share Image
Don't take this life as a joke because death is not a joke it's real.. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder trial. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Death is sad, yes, but there are some great laughs you can find there. — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused by a… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
Alas, poor Yorick! How surprised he would be to see how his counterpart of today is whisked off to a funeral parlor and is… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle class with an assist from… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
Now there is a society where the funeral industry got completely out of control. — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
Funeralese has had its ups and downs. The word 'morticians,' first used in Embalmers Monthly for February, 1895, was barred by the Chicago Tribune… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
the whole point of muck-raking, apart from all the jokes, is to try to do something about what you've been writing about. You may… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
Things on the whole are faster in America; people don't stand for election, they run for office. If a person says he's sick, it… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It was beautiful. He thought he had never seen anything so beautiful in all his life; that, having seen it, he could die content,… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
With multiplayer, permanent death, and an ever-changing world to explore and conquer, 'A Valley Without Wind' might be the place you're looking for if… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
“What did you see?” she asked gently. His brow furrowed, as if he could not understand the question. Then his eyes turned to the… — J. Anthony Torino Copy Share Image
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still-- Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.” — Alan W. Powers Copy Share Image
“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.” — Steven Cooper Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
