Subject: Death (Page 27)

Secretary: It must be hard to lose your mother-in-law.

Field’s reply: Yes, it is, very hard… it’s almost impossible.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

Now I will show you how an Italian dies!

(1968 – 2004) Italian security officer

Surprise me.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Memorial Service: A farewell party for someone who has already left.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

(1890 – 1970) French president, general & statesman

I'm out of here, man. I'm gone. Keep me in your hearts.

(? – 2008) American convicted murder

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

Money still talks these days… trouble is, you have to increase the volume alot!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

Epitaph: A belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been permanently discontinued.

If you live long enough, something will kill you.

It seldom happens, I think, that a man has the civility to die when all the world wishes it.

(1626 – 1696) French writer

Dying is no big deal, living is the trick.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

John Rogers did.

(1812 – 1899) American attorney

He'd make a lovely corpse.

(1812 – 1870) English novelist

Life is pleasant, death is peaceful; it’s the transition that’s troublesome.

(1920 – 1992) American science and science fiction author & professor

I am starting to believe you are not intending to count me amongst your friends.

(1879 – 1936) Spanish comic playwright

When I die, I’m leaving my body to science fiction.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

My vocabulary did this to me. Your love will let you go on…

(1925 - 1965) American poet