Subject: Death (Page 8)

Ah, Luisa, you always arrive just as I am leaving.

(1798 – 1866) Italian statesman, novelist & painter

If anyone cries at my funeral, I will never speak to him again.

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

Lady, you shot me.

(1931 – 1964) American singer, songwriter & entrepreneur

I shall look forward to a pleasant time.

(1737 – 1793) American merchant, statesman & patriot of the Revolution

Take away those pillows. I shall need them no more.

(1832 – 1898) English author, mathematician, logician & photographer

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer.; but imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Life: A continuous series of disasters which result in one’s death.

Why do men die before their wives? … Could it be because they want to?

(1967 – ) English comedian

I'm tired. I'm going back to bed.

(1914 – 1959) American actor best known for his role as Superman

No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather.

comedian, counselor & speaker

Longevity: Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Before he died my father told me he never really walked to school without any shoes.

(1966 – 2011) American stand-up comedian

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

It is nothing… it is nothing…

(1863 – 1914) Archduke of Austria

At Last She Sleeps Alone.

(1876 – 1944) American author, humorist & columnist

Why should I worry about dying; it'’not going to happen in my lifetime!

(1919 – ) American mathematician, logician & magician

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

I leave life so that I can walk into history.

(1882 – 1954) Brazilian dictator & democratically elected President

Everything is an illusion.

(1876 – 1917) Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan & accused spy

Proof that we don’t understand death is that we give dead people a pillow.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

Surprise me.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor