#tombstone

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#carve #character #good #good character #hearts

Before I die, I want to change my name to "Here," so that my tombstone could simply read, "Here lies." And then people who knew me could walk by, shake their head, and say, "Ain't that the truth. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#die #funny #tombstone #truth #change

If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory. ↗

— Jefferson Davis

#died #fails #should #theory #tombstone

When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, "I have arrived." Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead. ↗

— Yul Brynner

#arrived #because #buried #dead #feel

That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit? ↗

— David Byrne

#byrne #david #here #lies #suit

My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#admirers #ago #been #buried #cemetery

Tombstones don't talk back. ↗

— Leland Chapman

#talk #tombstones

Actually I like the idea of being a Renaissance hack. If tombstones were still in style, I would want to have the two words chiseled right under my name. ↗

— Dennis Flanagan

#being #hack #i #idea #like

I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it." ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#i #now #she #tombstone #tried

I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.' ↗

— Andy Warhol

#always #blank #could #died #epitaph