Us Obits Quotes & Sayings

Jeeves," I said, "those spats."
"Yes, sir?"
"You really dislike them?"
"Intensely, sir."
"You don't think time might induce you to change your views?"
"No, sir."
"All right, then. Very well. Say no more. You may burn them."
"Thank you very much, sir. I have already done so. Before breakfast this morning. A quiet grey is far more suitable, sir. Thank you, sir. — P.G. Wodehouse

An educator never says what he himself thinks, but only that which he thinks it is good for those whom he is educating to hear. — Friedrich Nietzsche

During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts. But to my surprise and great relief, they often wanted to talk - they wanted their recently deceased loved ones recorded in print. — Tom Rachman

Even if I built a 50,000-seater stadium and bought Ronaldinho, there'd still be complaints about crap hotdogs. — Simon Jordan

They could steam up windows with their kisses, but as soon as they started using
their mouths for other things - like talking - everything got so complicated. — Lauren Kate

I get up each morning, gather my wits, pick up the paper and read the obits. If I'm not there, I know I'm not dead, so I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed. — Pete Seeger

I will have one of the cleanest obits of any actress. I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair. — Veronica Lake

I had a job on a newspaper in Wisconsin, and I started off as most reporters did back then: writing obits and free ad giveaways. — Scott Glenn

Yet for quixotic reasons
namely, that I enjoyed writing obits
I had decided to scale back on articles about city life in order to write exclusively about the city's dead. For even less money. It was a strange and inexplicable career move. — Avi Steinberg

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits. — Ben Bradlee

The young open the paper to forget about life by reading the funny strips. The old do it to forget about death by reading other people's obits. My advice: don't open the paper and go on with your life. — Gabriel Ba

There were some who wanted all the benefits of E.U. membership without any of the costs. I'm not sure that's very realistic. — George Osborne