Subject: Death (Page 7)

If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Longevity: Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!

(1818 – 1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist & socialist

Another victim of the grim weeper.

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

Capital punishment is our way of demonstrating the sanctity of life.

(1934 – ) U.S. senator (Utah)

Why should I talk to you? I've just been talking with your boss.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

No comment.

(1927 – 1989) author, essayist & environmentalist

To stop sinning suddenly.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it.

(1909 – 1959) Australian-born American actor

My friend died doing what he loved… heroin.

Canadian-American comedian, writer & columnist

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

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

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

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


I detest life insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

(1869 – 1944) Canadian economist & humorist

I am a pianist.


When someone close to you dies… move seats.

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

I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.

(1882 – 1941) English novelist, essayist, publisher & feminist

I’ll never die in my sleep… I don’t sleep that well.

(1889 – 1966) American humorist, writer, illustrator & cartoonist

Well, I've had a happy life.

(1778 – 1830) English writer, essayist, critic, grammarian & philosopher

This is how you die.

(1883 – 1971) French fashion designer & founder of the Chanel brand

A dying man can do nothing easily.

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