Obituaries Quotes

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

A lasting marriage, they say, is one where the two reach for different sections of the Sunday paper. Me, I go right for the obituaries, just like those very elderly characters in Muriel Spark's spooky novel, 'Memento Mori.'

I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day.

It's not the loss of life that makes the death bitter -- it's the obituaries.

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.

A very perfect gentle knight.

Metaphysics keeps surviving its obituaries.

I'm so concerned with morgues and libraries of the newspapers.

It is one of the misfortunes of life that a public figure can forever be associated with one inaccurate remark, taken out of context, and never intended to carry an immortal interpretation. For half a century Douglas Jay suffered as the originator of the sinister aphorism “the man in Whitehall knows best” ... “the Gentleman in Whitehall is usually right”.

I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course.

Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries - but it is a force stronger than crime.

I have never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order.

Before I write, I like to read obits in 'The Times' because they're well written, and I like the little details. It gets the energy going in the morning. I really like the obits of old Hollywood actors and actresses.

If you start the day reading the obituaries, you live your day a little differently.

My father always read obituaries to me out loud, not because he was maudlin or morbid, but because they were mini biographies.

I grew up in a funeral home. Both my parents were morticians.