In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.

I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly.

Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.

Everyone has to go to a funeral at some time and you need to be dark and sombre, and in a black tie.

An elephant funeral makes me weep every time, and so does an ad with a kid leaving home for college.

Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral.

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.

How unfortunate it is to be constrained by what people might say at our funeral or on our gravestone.

To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.

At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

Come now, don't make such a funeral face. It isn't dying that's sad; it's living when you're not happy.

Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.

I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.

My grandfather was a very insignificant man, actually. At his funeral his hearse followed the other cars.

Life's errors cry for the merciful beauty that can modulate their isolation into a harmony with the whole.

My biggest blast-off hit was "You Raise Me Up." If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.

My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.

I want Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D played at my funeral. If it isn't I shall jolly well want to know why.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

A wedding is a funeral which masquerades as a feast. And the greater the pageantry, the deeper the savagery.

A comedy ends with a wedding, and a tragedy ends with a funeral: you always have to juxtapose sex and death.

I went to Jimmy Gandolfini's funeral, and when I was there, I realized Jimmy Gandolfini didn't have Twitter.

Always remember this: If you don't attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.

You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather.

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

I've got no idea when I am going to retire. Whenever they pick me up and take me to the funeral home, I guess.

Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.

I grew up singing in church. My family owned funeral homes so I would sing for the occasional funeral, as well.

A eugoogoolizer...one who speaks at funerals...Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him.

In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

A thousand people will stop smoking today. Their funerals will be held sometime in the next three or four days.

If I fall and break my neck, will you say something nice at my funeral?" "Like 'Kyler was usually more graceful?

I hate funerals. They aren't for the guy who's dead. They're for the guys who are left alive and enjoy mourning.

I've had some really big hits with 'Groundhog Day' and 'Michael,' 'Multiplicity,' 'Four Weddings and a Funeral.'

When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer.

Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral.

ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.

In New Orleans, we celebrate everything. It's probably the only place you'll see people dancing in a funeral home.

My grandfather had a wonderful funeral... On the buffet table there was a replica of the deceased in potato salad.

We both laugh. And it feels good. A release. Like laughing at a funeral. Maybe inappropriate, but definitely needed.

Life for the majority of the population. Is an unlovely struggle against unfair odds. Culminating in a cheap funeral.

Why should I be sad? Everyone has to die. If you have a body, it's too late to cry. It's only funerals I can't stand.

If I had taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral.

Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral.

Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

If you're dressed for my funeral, it's too casual. If it's just street clothes, then you must be scaring the tourists.

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