Subject: Death (Page 19)

I don't jog; if I die I want to be sick.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? 'French Fries'!

(c.1936 – 1966) American convicted murderer

The great thing about the dead, they make space.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

If you eat one apple a day for 80 years, you won't die young.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

My young son asked me what happens after we die; I told him we get buried under a bunch of dirt and worms eat our bodies; I guess I should have told him the truth – that most of us go to Hell and burn eternally, but I didn't want to upset him.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I want to die like my father, quietly, in his sleep – not screaming and terrified like his passengers.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

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

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

A dying man can do nothing easily.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, let 'em wait!

(1738 – 1789) American farmer, businessman, writer, politician & patriot

Will: A dead giveaway.

I’m always angry when I’m dying.

(1923 – 2009) English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter & author

Walter Pidgeon

William Henry Pratt (1887 – 1969) English actor

I was married twice; my first wife died and my second one wouldn't.

(1955 – ) American comedian

My aunt passed away two weeks ago; she was cremated – and we think that's what did it.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian

If my dead father was alive to hear that, it would kill him.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

I was going to commit suicide the other day, but I must not have been serious because I brought a beach towel.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The idea is to die young as late as possible.