When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That`s the story of my private life.
- Gloria Swanson(his own epitaph) He was an average guy who could carry a tune.
- Bing CrosbyThat`s all, folks! (Tag line of every WB cartoon; Blanc`s epitaph also.)
- Mel BlancI picture my epitaph: `Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.`
- Paul NewmanRichard Burton is now my epitaph, my cross, my title, my image. I have achieved a kind of diabolical fame. It has nothing to do with my talents as an actor. That counts for little now. I am the diabolically famous Richard Burton.
- Richard BurtonEpitaph for a dead waiter - God finally caught his eye.
- George S. KaufmanI always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: `Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.` I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have - When he gives everything that is in him to do the job he has before him. That is all you can ask of him and that is what I have tried to do.
- Harry S. TrumanAn epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.
- Irvin S. CobbThose who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive.
- Andrea ReedLive so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.
- Andrew MaroneI hated myself at the end of my professional career for making rich people richer, which is a terrible epitaph. I can use the same skill set to help more people by telling them how the market really works.
- Arleen StarrWit is the epitaph of an emotion
- Friedrich Nietzsche