Subject: Death (Page 5)

Where is my clock?

(1904 – 1989) Spanish surrealist painter

Firefly: Not that I care, but where is your husband?
Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he's dead.
Firefly: I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I am dying. Please… bring me a toothpick.

(1873 – 1907) French writer

Kill: To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Aw, no one's gonna shoot at me.

(1939 – 1963) American assassinator of President John F. Kennedy

More weight.

(c.1611 – 1692) a prosperous farmer and church member in early colonial America who died under judicial torture during the Salem witch trials

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

(1626 – 1696) French writer

You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper.

(1953 – 1992) American career criminal & convicted murderer

Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.

(1906 – 1972) Russian-born English actor, singer-songwriter & music composer

I just wish I had time for one more bowl of chili.

(1809 – 1868) American frontiersman & scout

We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

I leave life so that I can walk into history.

(1882 – 1954) Brazilian dictator & democratically elected President

I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies unshriven.

(c.1446/1450 – 1523) Italian Renaissance painter

Live each day as if it were your last… because one day, you’ll be right.

(1924 – 1992) English comedian & actor

That picture is awful dusty.

(1847 – 1882) American outlaw, bank robber & convicted murderer

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

American auto racer

Give me immortality or death.

John Montague to John Wilkes: You will either die on the gallows or of a loathsome disease.

Wilkes’ reply: That depends on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.

(1725 – 1797) English radical, journalist & politician

I don’t want to die before my parents die, especially my mother, because I don’t want her to get the chance to pick out what I’m going to wear for eternity.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Tenant Failed To Give Notice Before Dying

Waldo is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

(1870 – 1916) British writer