Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bhagat Singh

Life is lived on its ownother's shoulders are used only at the time of funeral.

Bernard Berenson

We usually meet all of our relatives only at funerals where somebody always observes: "Too bad we can't get together more often".

Thomas Lynch

I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one.

David Raskin

He wishes there were more coffins, more funerals and much more pain.

Yiddish Proverb

He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral

Eugene Kennedy

The priesthood is not dying, but the clerical state is dead. It needs to be buried, preferably with a Viking funeral in Boston Harbor so nobody can miss the spectacle of its passing.

Marilyn Miller

We want to make sure they can't do this at the funeral of a hero.

Alexander the Great

I foresee a great funeral contest over me.

Dwight L. Moody

I hunted all through the four Gospels trying to find one of Christ's funeral sermons, but I couldn't find any. I found He broke up every funeral He ever attended! Death couldn't exist where He was.

Nick Saban

Part of the things that we are doing is because of his unique abilities. I would say that if Jason Taylor had played in a 3-4 system somewhere, he would have been a Hall of Fame outside linebacker. He's smart, and he's got great instincts to learn things better than I ever hoped. It gives us an opportunity to move him around and use him in a lot of different ways.

Theodore Tilton

I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name

Doug Williams

I think if you look around the league at the linemen that are in the Hall of Fame, they are there because the teams they played on were very successful. And if you look at Russ Grimm, he's been to four Super Bowls. There's a reason why you get to four Super Bowls.

Chris Gray

John was a great player who will probably go to the Hall of Fame. He knew one speed and that was full speed.

Andruw Jones

Hank Aaron's in the Hall of Fame; it's a good record. But I don't worry about it. My goal this year was not to hit 40 home runs, but just to improve my consistency. When the season's over, that's when I'll look at that stuff.

Don King

gained his fame not by winning, but by losing.

Michael Irvin

He's a lock for the Hall of Fame.

Keith Jones

He seems to be a genuine person, what you see is what you get. I don't think fame was as important to him as family.

Gary Hatch

He's been one of my hall of fame guys. Stephen worked his tail off to become a starter. It didn't happen until his senior year.

Damien Hirst

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.

Gregory Maguire

Immortality is a chancy thing; it cannot be promised or earned. Perhaps it cannot even be identified for what it is.

J. K. Rowling

It is not about striving for immortality, but about accepting mortality.

J. K. Rowling

But I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality.

Henry Vaughan

But felt through all this fleshly dresse Bright shootes of everlastingnesse.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Immortality is the best recollection one leaves.

Theodore Parker

I am conscious of eternal life.

Socrates

I have good hope that there is something remaining for the dead.

Philip James Bailey

One thought settles a life, an immortality.