Chauncey Depew Quotes

Heap not on this mound roses that she loved so well; why bewilder her with roses that she cannot see or smell.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

My heart reaches out to those whose loved ones were lost on MH17.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

Now you may write the eulogy for my funeral.

I go to funerals. I go to earthquakes.

I think it's very important to allow people into Ted Kennedy. Thousands of people lined the streets the day of his funeral.

A funeral was a great form of entertainment. A wake was a great form of entertainment.

Obituaries were among my favorite to write because they have elements no other news stories have - a story from start to finish with a proper conclusion.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.

On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time.

I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.

I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it.

I'll always remember when I bumped into Good Morning America's Robin Roberts on a flight to my mother's funeral in 1994, and how kind she was during that difficult time.

Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

Funeral by funeral, theory advances.

I wrote 'All You Could Ask For' to honor a friend, Heidi Armitage, who left us much too soon in 2009 at the age of 43.

I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.

At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to grieve their loss privately and the knowledge that their country is grateful for their loved one's sacrifice and service.

If any of you cry at my funeral, I'll never speak to you again!

One of my favorites is one called 'Rory's Radio' that I wrote about my brother Jeff's best friend growing up - his name was Rory Dunigan. I dedicated my first record to my brother, who got killed in a car accident in 1999, and I really didn't have any songs on the first album about him, nothing on a personal note.