Joan Crawford Quotes

So good to be alive when the eulogies are read.

It's better to get a rosebud while you're alive than a whole bouquet after you're dead.

Death makes us sad, but it can also make us feel more alive.

That’s it?” Jason asked. “You spent an hour talking about how lucky you were to be dying?” No, not dying, Son. Living.

It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.

Try to have a good day today, wherever you are, whatever you do, whoever is near, if no one is near. Try to be happy, because you may not see tomorrow. There is someone this morning, who didn't wake up, who will never see this day. Try to feel lucky that this is not you.

I always think everything is going to be my last job so every single day is a gift. This whole life is an accident for me.

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.

I want my flowers while I'm alive.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life.

Not being dead is my version of partying. So far, so good.

some men never die and some men never live but we're all alive tonight.

I don't wonder about anything. I'm too old to wonder. I think the most important thing is to wake-up with a pulse. I look in the obituary columns. If I'm not in it, I get out of bed.

I am grateful for being alive today. It is my joy and pleasure to live another wonderful day.

Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.

Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

I don't have any other message than don't forget you are alive

Sometimes I wake up in awe that I'm alive. I can't get over that part, so I guess it makes me kind of like an existentialist.

My greatest joy is just to be alive!

It's wonderful to be alive and to walk on earth.

You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever.

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!

I realize that most of us live on the skin - on the surface - without appreciating just how wonderful it is simply to be alive at all.

I shall live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.