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OK, granted, for most of us death and dying are sad and possibly depressing subjects. Partly because we associate them with loss and sorrow. Partly because we don't know much about these particular subjects. And partly because they feel like something completely out of our personal control.Because of all that darkness associated with these subjects, I felt there needed to be some balance. Irreverent and hilarious quotations about dying offer insights and thoughts on the lighter side of death and dying. And about life in general.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. - Albert Einstein - |
I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five. - Mick Jagger - |
Either he's dead or my watch has stopped. - Groucho Marx - |
Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful - William Feather - |
It is a fact that although the Death of the Discworld is, in his own words, an ANTHROPOMORPHIC PERSONIFICATION, he long ago gave up using the traditional skeletal horses, because of the bother of having to stop all the time to wire bits back on. -Terry Pratchett - |
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. - George Carlin - |
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. - Victor Borge - |
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. - Hector Berlioz - |
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. - Isaac Asimov - |
I think we should look forward to death more than we do. Of course everybody hates to go to bed or miss anything but dying is really the only chance we'll get to rest. - Florynce Kennedy - |
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. - Winston Churchill - |
Don't take life too serious. You'll never escape it alive anyway. - Elbert Hubbard - |
If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the UP button. - Sam Levenson - |
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. - George Carlin - |
Never knock on Death's door: Ring the doorbell and run (he hates that). - Anonymous - |
We cannot hold back a good laugh any more than we can the tide or dying. All three are forces of nature. - William Rotsler - |
I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first. - Astrid Lindgren - |
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. - Rita Mae Brown - |
There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven. - Isaac Asimov - |
That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment. - Dorothy Parker - |
We are trying to unravel the Mighty Infinite using a language which was designed to tell one another where the fresh fruit was. - Terry Pratchett - |
I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead. - Jean Cocteau - |
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