(281 quotes found)
“Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral.”
Kehlog Albran
“My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding, and the baby at every christening”
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“I get my exercise running to the funerals of my friends who exercise.”
Barry Gray
“a unique funeral for a unique person.”
Princess Diana
“Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life.”
Contributed by: Dafna Sharon
John Muir
“John said that when we played a funeral in Marion it was the most unusual job we've had. The woman who passed away was a big fan of big band music, and her husband had us play some of her favorites in the church during the funeral. It was well-received and added a lighter touch to an otherwise very sad day for the family.”
Dave Miller
“True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not so loud as those that cry for hire”
Horace
“My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in proportion; but when a healthy wind blows, they fall accordingly.”
Johann Sebastian Bach
“Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried.”
Charles Wolfe
