Comfort Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

Frankly, I'm not much for funerals unless it's absolutely an obligation. I don't feel it serves much of a purpose to go and see…

— Arnold Palmer

Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens…

— Ambrose Bierce

A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.

— Thomas Lynch

Many communities have turned a blind eye to what goes on inside funeral homes, as many people prefer not to know the ins and…

— Perianne Boring

Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

— Aaron Eckhart

“Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning…

— Wendy Webb

“A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not…

— Beth Lincoln

A funeral isn't for the dead. You'll simply be a stage set for a kind of festival maybe. And besides, you won't even be…

— John Steinbeck

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that…

— Ambrose Bierce

If you love helping people, and you love trying to bring comfort and peace to their life at a very, very difficult time, youre…

— Steve Southerland

I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the…

— Anonymous