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Tag Archives: Funny Quotes about Death
“My husband wanted to be cremated. I told him I’d scatter his ashes at Neiman Marcus – that way, I’d visit him every day.”
- Joan Rivers
You may also like these funny quotes: “One day can make your life. One day can ruin your life. All life is, is four or five days that change everything.” “Having your whole life flash before your eyes as you … Continue reading
“I have a long-standing friendship with death. When it comes, I will ask her to sit down and relax, then I’ll suggest to her champagne. Because, in fact, I’m a coward.”
- Salvador Dali
You may also like: George Carlin Gives Us Some Straight Talk on Death Planning Ahead “If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.”
Sometimes Being Silly With A Friend Is The Best Therapy
Certainly one way to look a terminal illness square in the face - pun intended!
Some of my favorites from the past: “I want to die like my father, peacefully in his sleep, not screaming and terrified, like his passengers.” Meanwhile, in Heaven…Steve Jobs (1955-2011) Or read our full selection from the past here.
“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”
- Will Rogers (1879-1935)
More from SevenPonds: Selective Reading “They say such nice things about people at their funerals. It makes me sad to realize that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days.” “Death is the most convenient time to tax … Continue reading
“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Related SevenPonds Articles: “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” “Green” Memories “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness”
“Being fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them.”
-Howard Zinn
Photo Credit: The New York Times
