“The report of my death was an exaggeration After reading his own obituary, June 2 1897”
Mark Twain
“Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.”
Anthony Robbins
“I like a man who's good, but not too good--for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.”
Mae West
“I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.”
Benjamin Franklin
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.”
Clarence Darrow
“I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure”
“Epitaphs are cheap, and they do a poor chap a world of good after he is dead, especially if he had hard luck while he was alive. I wish they were used more.”