Quotes of: Funeral Keyword

Hazel Grace Lancaster: Funerals, I've decided, are not for the dead. They are for the living.

The Fault in Our Stars

Dmitri: [when he sees Gustave at Madame D's funeral] That fucking faggot, he's a concierge!

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.

Quintus Ennius

Anne: What would you say if no one came to your funeral? Georges: Nothing, presumably.

Amour

You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.

Yogi Berra

I was dead, and I hadn't even been able to attend my own funeral.

Airhead

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.

Leaves of Grass

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.

Olin Miller

Funerals seem less about comforting the souls of these dearly departed than about comforting the people they leave behind.

Rin Chupeco

The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.

Simon Hoggart

I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.

Keith Richards

I've just had some bad news. Tomorrow is the mother in law's funeral. And she's cancelled it.

Les Dawson

*Paying one’s last respects* is about the payer, not the paid. (Who attends the funeral — and who doesn’t — is the deceased’s last worry.)

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

Emma Thompson

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.

Adam McKay

To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.

Charles Baudelaire

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

Chuck Palahniuk

Martha: Simon. Simon: [from behind the locked bathroom door] Simon. Martha: Simon! Simon: Simon. Martha: Si! Simon: ...Mon.

Death at a Funeral

Simon: [unravelling a roll of toilet paper] Go, go! Join the others!

Death at a Funeral

Gordon Gekko: Jesus, if this guy owned a funeral parlor nobody would die!

Wall Street

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

Anita Baker