Epitaph Quote by Mario Cuomo Download Open image “People asked me what I want as an epitaph: 'He tried'” — Mario Cuomo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Epitaph People Want
Someone once asked me what I want on my epitaph when I pass away. Just the words 'I tried.' That's what this game of… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
“We don’t want any—” he began, and ought to have chosen his words better, because they were his epitaph. It” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I tried and failed. I tried again and again and succeeded. [Epitaph from Gail Borden's gravestone.]” — Gail Borden Copy Share Image
“Not exactly what I wanted, but you know what they say about getting what you want." "That you should want what you have instead?"… — Liz Reinhardt Copy Share Image
“Snape raised his eyebrows and his tone was sardonic as he asked, “Are you intending to let him kill you?” “Certainly not. You must… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“I stared back at him, trying to think of a way to explain how I'd eradicated the word "want" from my vocabulary long ago… — Karen White Copy Share Image
“Art,' she said. 'My second favorite subject.' She gave him a shrewd look. 'You wish for me to ask you what your favorite is.'… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“[T]he whole point is the wishing and remembering--not if what you want happens, not if remembering hurts. Because when you wish for something, you're… — Melissa Senate Copy Share Image
“You can make something mean anything you want. And you can spend a great deal of time and effort choosing your words and allusions… — Frank Portman Copy Share Image
That might be my epitaph: 'It wasn't as bad as I thought. Here lies Phil Lord.' — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
There is a respectable body of economic thought that holds that casino gambling is actually economically regressive to a state and a community. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
We believe in a government that is characterized by fairness and reasonableness, a reasonableness that goes beyond labels, that doesn't distort or promise to… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
America was born in outrageous ambition, so bold as to be improbable. The deprived, the oppressed, the powerless from all over the globe came… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
The biggest aggravation in the Arab world, the biggest reason for their anger toward us and the creation of those suicide terrorists, is Israel… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
It is not a government's obligation to provide services, but to see that they are provided. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
My favorite thought about Abraham Lincoln is he believed in two things: loving one another and working together to make this world better. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
9/11 occurs, and you're going to rebuild, and after awhile, the memory will be there, but there will be something new there, and different,… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
I had not even thought of running for president until one day in 1991, at a small fund-raiser, completely unanticipated, someone stood up and… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or as anything… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
Wouldn’t that make a charming epitaph? Here lies Cat. Killed not by fang, but Ferragamos. — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
Epitaphs are cheap, and they do a poor chap a world of good after he is dead, especially if he had hard luck while… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
"Gun-wielding recluse gunned down by local police" isn't the epitaph I want. I am hoping for "Witnesses reported the sound up to two hundred… — James Nicoll Copy Share Image
I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.' — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Our respect for the dead, when they are just dead, is something wonderful, and the way we show it more wonderful still. We show… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns,… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Either our history shall with full mouth Speak freely of our acts, or else our grave, Like Turkish mute, shall have a tongueless mouth,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Lots of people can have girlfriends. But I can throw around guitars onstage! That'll be my epitaph: 'He never had a girlfriend, but you… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Sleep undisturbed within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
