Live 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.
My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?
When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, 'I have arrived.' Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.
I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'
That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
Memory, in widow's weeds, with naked feet stands on a tombstone.
I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'
The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.'
The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.'