Subject: Death (Page 3)

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

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

My granny was recently beaten to death by my grandad; not as in, ‘with a stick’… he just died first.

(1978 – ) British comedian

Boy, fetch my fiddle.

(1671 – 1734) Scottish folk hero

I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

(234 – 149 BC) Roman statesman

You haven’t lived until you’ve died in California.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

George W. [Bush] was born on third, but thinks he hit a triple.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

Death and taxes are inevitable.

(1796-1865) Canadian politician, judge & author

Death is a wonderful way of cutting down on your expenses.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

If you really believe that death leads to eternal bliss, then why are you wearing a seatbelt?

(1967 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

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

(1879 – 1936) Spanish comic playwright

When I die, I want it to be on my 100the birthday, in my beach house on Maui and I want my husband to be so upset he has to drop out of college.

(1961 – ) American actress

Most people my age are dead at the present time.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

My friend died doing what he loved… heroin.

Canadian-American comedian, writer & columnist

In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts and in living color, you are going to see another first –- attempted suicide.

(1944 – 1974) American television news reporter

My wife and I took out life insurance policies on each other – so now it’s just a waiting game.

(1962 – ) American stand-up comedian & game show host

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

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

If any of you have a message for the Devil, give it to me, for I am about to meet him!


Death: A breath-taking experience.

My struggle to remain healthy is gradually killing me.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record.

(1914 – 1953) Welsh-born poet & writer