Subject: Death (Page 26)

Hurrah for anarchy! This is the happiest moment of my life.

(1836 – 1887) German born anarchist & labor union activist
Last words

Italian women never die – they just shrink out of existence.

(1958 – ) American comedian, actress & jazz musician
Death People Women

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

(1626 – 1696) French writer
Death

It's all been rather lovely.

(1912 – 1983) English actor
Last words

Patriotism: The willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons dreamed up by politicians.

Death Definitions

This is the first time authorities helped me escape prison.

(c.1914 – 1947) American convicted murderer
Last words

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

Age Death Murphy’s Laws Time Young

The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties.

(1924 – 2003) American actress
Death

No! I didn't come here to make a speech. I came here to die.

Cherokee Bill (1876 – 1896) American convicted murderer & outlaw
Last words

I wish I was skiing.
Nurse: Oh, Mr. Laurel, do you ski?
No, but I'd rather be skiing than doing what I'm doing.

(1890 – 1965) English comic actor, writer & director (of Laurel & Hardy)
Last words

When someone close to you dies… move seats.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor
Death Situations

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

(1900 – 1993) American actress
Age Death

My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer
Death Husbands Mothers

Being dead is one way to experience nothing, another is to attend some classes at my school.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Death Education School

Give me coffee, I'm going to write.

(1865 – 1918) Brazilian poet, journalist & translator
Last words

I'm going away tonight.

(1933 – 2006) American singer, songwriter & musician
Last words

A dying man enjoys free speech.

(1431 – 1463) French rogue, vagabond, outlaw, bohemian & poet
Communication Death Speech

And now, I am officially dead.

(1822 – 1903) American teacher, lawyer, iron manufacturer & politician
Last words

If I was on death row and given one last meal I would ask for a fortune cookie; “Come on ‘long prosperous life!’”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Death Food/Drink

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.'

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder
Baseball Death Sports

Usually when someone is given an evening like this, they’re way too dead to say thank you.

(1948 – ) comedian, actor, writer, producer & film director
Death Situations