#obituary

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#every #get #grab #i #look

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#constant #fool #labor #life #man

Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#amount #die #going #good #great

You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#art #did #ever #i #know

I always wondered what hearing one's own obituary might sound like, and I sort of feel like I may have just heard part of it at least. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#feel #heard #hearing #i #i always

I don't care if the New York Times writes an obituary for me. I just want you to write one. ... You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you. ↗

— John Green

#love #obituary #relationship #death

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium. ↗

— Philip Guedalla

#bounded #definite #east #fiction #history

Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. Gives you second wind. New lease of life. ↗

— James Joyce

#obituary #life

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#except #obituary #own #publicity #such

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration. ↗