Subject: Death (Page 17)

The operation was a complete success, but the patient died of something else.

Maybe they only had one rocket.

British WWII soldier

If your time ain’t come, not even a doctor can kill you.

That is indeed very good. I shall have to repeat that on the Golden Floor!

(1859 – 1936) English classical scholar & poet

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

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

Gentlemen, I bid you farewell.


I’m not unwell, I’m f**king dying.

(1932 – 1997) British journalist

I think you're right, Wyatt. I can't see a god damn thing.

(1851 – 1882) younger brother of Deputy U.S. Marshals Virgil & Wyatt Earp

Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more.

(1805 – 1875) Danish author & poet noted for his children's stories

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub.

(1887 – 1979) American businessman & founder of the Hilton Hotels

Dying is an art, like everything else.

(1932 – 1963) novelist & poet

I'm glad he died before me, because I didn't want him to sing at my funeral.

(1918 – 2002) Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet & playwright

If this is dying, I don’t think much of it.

(1880 – 1932) British writer & critic

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I remember what my grandmother said to me on her deathbed: She said: ‘I wish I’d bought a normal bed.’

British stand-up comedian, writer & actor

I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.

(1918 – 1988) American physicist

You have to treat death like any other part of life.

American auto racer

Why shouldn’t we air grievances at funerals?

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

Only from the cold, my friend.

(1736 – 1793) French astronomer, orator & leader of the French Revolution

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

(1941 – ) American singer & songwriter