Death Quotes - Quotes about Death

"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not. "

"If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive."

"There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?"

"Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings."

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."

"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other."

"For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off."

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."

"Only cowards insult dying majesty."

"Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death."

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick -- not wounded -- dead."

"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon."