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Tombstone Quotes

Leland Chapman quote: "Tombstones don't talk back."
Tombstones don't talk back. Leland Chapman
We will have have the dead at our councils. The ancient Greeks voted by stones, these shall vote by tombstones. It is all quite regular and official, for most tombstones like most ballot papers, are marked with a cross. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I've always felt that, when I looked at my tombstone, it shouldn't say, 'Mehmet Oz banged out 10,000 open-heart operations.' I've probably done 5,000. Am I any better at it than 10,000? He shook his head. It's just a different number on the tombstone. Mehmet Oz
Michael Crichton quote: "They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that..."
They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race. Michael Crichton
The desert was the apotheosis of all deserts, huge, standing to the sky for what looked like eternity in all directions. It was white and blinding and waterless and without feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched themselves on the horizon and the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams, nightmares, death. An occasional tombstone sign pointed the way, for once the drifted track that cut its way through the thick crust of alkali had been a highway. Coaches and... Stephen King
Eartha Kitt quote: "I am learning all the time. My tombstone will be my diploma"
I am learning all the time. My tombstone will be my diploma Eartha Kitt
...there occurred to me the simple epitaph which, when I am no more, I intend to have inscribed on my tombstone. It was this:"He was a man who acted from the best motives. There is one born every minute. P. G. Wodehouse
Cemeteries in Bohemia are like gardens. The graves are covered with grass and colourful flowers. Modest tombstones are lost in the greenery. When the sun goes down, the cemetery sparkles with tiny candles... no matter how brutal life becomes, peace always reigns in the cemetery. Even in wartime, even in Hitler's time, even in Stalin's time.. Milan Kundera
But I am greedy for life. I do too much of everything all the time. Suddenly one day my heart will fail. The Iron Crab will get me as it got my father. But I am not afraid of The Crab. At least I shall have died from an honourable disease. Perhaps they will put on my tombstone. 'This Man Died from Living Too Much'. Ian Fleming
Erma Bombeck quote: "Written on her tombstone: "I told you I was sick."
Written on her tombstone: "I told you I was sick. Erma Bombeck
Unvisited tombstones, unread diaries, and erased video game high-score rankings are three of the most potent symbols of mankind's pathetic and fruitless attempts at immortality. Sarah Silverman
Ann Richards quote: "I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean..."
I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house. Ann Richards
Katherine Dunham quote: "I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I..."
I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it." Katherine Dunham
It is brutal. Only I never could see the sense in having folks look at your tombstone and say, 'He was a man who didn't believe in violence, He's a good man... and dead. Louis L'Amour
Leaning her silly, beautiful, drunken head on my shoulder, she said, "Oh, Esther, I don't want to be a feminist. I don't enjoy it. It's no fun." "I know," I said. "I don't either." People think you decide to be a "radical," for God's sake, like deciding to be a librarian or a ship's chandler. You "make up your mind," you "commit yourself" (sounds like a mental hospital, doesn't it?). I said Don't worry, we could be buried together and have engraved on our tombstone the awful truth, which... Joanna Russ

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