death planning Quotes

Hell no. When I die I want to be sick.

When my mother passed away, we knew what she wanted on her tombstone, so I asked my father, so there wouldn't be any argument among us children, 'Daddy, what do you want on your tombstone?' He thought about that. He said, 'preacher.' So that's what's going to be on his tombstone. Preacher.

Dying ain't in people's plans, is it?

Lucky is the spouse who dies first, who never has to know what survivors endure.

I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract.

I want a state funeral with bells ringing across the land! Then I'd love the congregation to do the hokey cokey and for can-can girls to dance down the aisle. I've already bought the plot in Worcestershire next to my parents.

I'm a great will maker. I've made my will every year since I was 21.

As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during the day.

I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me... don't make no big fuss over me. Don't make no big expense on my funeral. Don't put any pressure on the rest of the family. I've loved everybody, and I hope they loved me. But don't create this big expense for the family.'

What's going to happen when I die? I may be buried, or I may be cremated, I may give my body to science. I haven't decided yet.

I planned my death carefully, unlike my life, which meandered along from one thing to another, despite my feeble attempts to control it.

If I ever went, I'd want to go peacefully in my sleep. I wouldn't want to plan my own death.

The truth is that I've got all my net worth safely in Berkshire and I will never sell a share so there is no one more concerned about what happens after my death than I am.

I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their own deaths, and also plan for those who are left behind. What does that do to the grieving process?

Surprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried

There will be no funeral! Before I get too old and ill, I'll go to South America and live among the Pemon people and meditate. When the time is right, they can throw my body into the volcano.

People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?

I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then to sin to my wicked heart's content.

I bought an insurance policy covering the inheritance tax my kids will have to pay when we die, which I thought was a good bit of forward thinking. And I always know I'm going to have enough for tax because I make sure I keep it back in my business account.

You know how people say that young people feel immortal? I don't know what they're talking about. I was planning for how I would deal with my death in good conscience well before I even hit puberty.

Every couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block.

Write a living will. And become an organ donor!

None of us really either know the circumstances of our death or are likely to exert as much control over it as we would like to, but we can certainly have a little more say in it if we are terminally ill than we have at the moment. That's the element of dignity, but sure, life is very hard to organise even when you are fit and healthy.

So Now You're Death: Here's What You'll Need

People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.