#tombstone

His name was Tom Tombstone, and if he had a middle name it was probably Death. But I didn’t call him Tom, or even Mr. Tombstone, because he introduced himself as Robert Winston. And I wondered how this stranger could shake my hand, look me in the eye, smile, and expect me to believe such a bold-faced lie? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#death #funny #hilarious #humor #introduction

Here lies one whose name was writ on water. ↗

— John Keats

#lasting-words #tombstone-inscription #inspirational

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#fame #few #those #tombstone #truth

I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'. ↗

— Ted Turner

#i #know #more #nothing #put

When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up. And she never takes no for an answer. ↗

— Doris Roberts

#give #go #i #never #say

Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.' ↗

— Nicholas M. Butler

#many #read #should #tombstones

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. ↗

— Eartha Kitt

#diploma #i #i am #learning #time

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

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

My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at? ↗

— Margaret Smith

#angry #had #his #looking #man