Kidd Kraddick Quotes

Let no man's deathbed be a futon.

I've never seen anyone die. It's hard to imagine what it would be like.

The hospital is the antechamber to the tomb

Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged.

I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.

I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and I kept wondering the whole while what it must feel like from his point of view to still be there thinking, hearing all that was going on as people came and went, and life continued all around him.

Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice.

You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying.

It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.

Death is not the monarch for the dead, but of the dying. The moment he obtains a conquest he loses a subject.

Only the dying man can tell how much time he has left.

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die.

My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach.

I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.

Death is a fact of life, no matter where you live. Taking care of the dying is a necessity everywhere. Those are not conditions exclusive to small towns.

I am dying, Egypt, dying.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Death was like love, a romantic escape.

John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end.

Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.

I turn to the 'Telegraph's' obituaries page with trepidation.

A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore.

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when.