Subject: Death (Page 25)

It must have been the coffee.

(1917 – 1979) Japanese-American actor
Last words

We think he’s dead, but we’re afraid to ask.

Death

If I had known the difference between the words 'antidote' and 'anecdote,' one of my good friends would still be living.

comedian
Communication Death Health Language

They say that after a brush with death the world looks different and that was true for me, but by the time I caught my breath, I realized that it was because I had lost my glasses.

(1945 – 1997) American novelist & scholar
Death Situations

Our dog died from licking our wedding picture.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress
Animals Death Dogs Marriage

The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can’t get out and those outside don’t want to get in.

(1864 – 1936) American newspaper editor & writer
Death Places

Jolson’s funeral was widely attended by those who wanted to make sure.

(1898 – 1981) actor, singer, songwriter & movie producer
Death

Give me immortality or death.

Death Life

Well, now I must go to meet God and try to explain all those men I killed at Alamein.

(1887 – 1976) British Army officer
Last words

It wasn't worth it.

(1884 – 1957) Russian-born American film producer
Last words

Apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist
Death Situations

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

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian
Death

Was Uncle Oscar’s death very untimely, you ask? Well, it was near lunch.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Death TV/Movie Quotes

Show my head to the people.  It is worth seeing.

(1759 – 1794) influential figure in the French Revolution
Last words

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist
America Death Places

No comment.

(1927 – 1989) author, essayist & environmentalist
Last words

It is nothing… it is nothing…

(1863 – 1914) Archduke of Austria
Last words

I’m not unwell, I’m f**king dying.

(1932 – 1997) British journalist
Death Last words

Don't worry, they usually don't swim backwards.

(1962 – 2006) Australian television personality, wildlife expert & conservationist
Last words

Obituary: A final summation of our lives that, for most of us, occupies about three inches of space in what will shortly become cage liner for our neighbor’s parakeet.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter
Death Definitions

It's beating – beating – beating – it's stopped.

(1708 – 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist & poet
Last words