 Statistics show that
only a very tiny percentage of will contests is successful.
The Complete Book of Wills, Estates and Trusts.
You’re taking out the
wrong kidney!
Victoria Fern, medical student, watching an operation by Dr
Mahesh Goel, the surgeon accused of killing a patient by leaving him with just
one kidney that was seriously diseased.
The key here, I
think, is not to think of death as an end, but to think of it as a very
effective way to cut down on your expenses.
Woody Allen
Never say you know a
man until you’ve divided an inheritance with him.
Johann Caspar Lavater, Swiss theologian
Errol Flynn died on a
seventy-foot yacht with a seventeen-year-old girl. Walter’s always wanted to go that way, but he’s going to have to
settle for a seventeen-footer and a seventy-year-old.
Mrs Walter Cronkite
Exercise daily. Eat wisely. Die anyway.
Unknown
Death is nature’s way
of saying, Your table is ready.
Robin Williams
In this world,
nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin
When I die, I want to
be divided into many slices. Each will
be sent to a different university. Then
I’d be able finally to fulfill my ambition to teach in several places
simultaneously.
Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who runs an
exhibition of pickled human corpses.
The epitaph I want
is: Excuse my dust.
Dorothy Parker
If men could see the
epitaphs their friends write, they’d wonder if they’d got into the wrong
grave.
American proverb
If I could drop dead
now, I’d be the happiest man alive.
Samuel Goldwyn
The fence around a
cemetery is foolish, for those inside can’t get out and those outside don’t
want to get in.
Arthur Brisbane, writer
If your time ain’t
come, not even a doctor can kill you.
American proverb
Before undergoing a
surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.
Ambrose Bierce, master of the macabre
I am dying beyond my
means.
Oscar Wilde
When I heard about
Aaliyah’s passing, I felt as if a member of my family had been taken away, a
slice of my life. That’s how it felt
for a lot of people after Princess Diana died, too.
Craig David, R&B singer
The three most
important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death.
Austin O’Malley, physician and writer
Parents should be
given only a modest and sensible allowance. And they should be encouraged to save up for things. This builds character. It also helps pay for the funeral.
P. J. O’Rourke in Modern Manners
I owe much. I have nothing. The rest I leave to the poor.
Rabelais, French writer
No matter how rich
you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will
pretty much depend on the weather.
Michael Pritchard, motivational speaker
Jim Reeves died on 31st
July 1964, but his career was not affected by his death.
Ed Stewart, British radio personality
Death is always &
under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life
itself has become one.
Theodore Roosevelt
You were too cool to
get old.
Adam Hollioake, English sportsman paying tribute to his
brother Ben, a talented cricket player killed in a road accident.
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