Sayings about Funerals
Attend funerals avoid weddings. ~ Arabian Proverbs
When your own funeral is approaching, you don’t pick and choose your grave diggers. ~ Jamaican Proverbs
Don’t call in the doctor after the funeral. ~ Japanese Proverbs
A wedding is like a funeral, but with musicians. ~ Hebrew Proverb
When the judge’s mule dies, everyone goes to the funeral; when the judge himself dies, no one does. ~ Arabian Proverbs
The crocodile does not die under the water so that we can call the monkey to celebrate its funeral. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
Come for your inheritance and you may wind up paying for the funeral. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Who dances at the wedding, weeps at the funeral. ~ Yiddish Proverb
The dead do not know the value of white sheets. ~ Haitian Proverbs
It is difficult to repay the gifts you get at a wedding or a funeral. ~ Chinese Proverb
The only thing that was missing at the rich man’s funeral was mourners. ~ Chinese Proverb
He is still alive because he cannot afford a funeral. ~ Iranian Proverbs
A beautiful funeral does not necessarily lead to paradise. ~ Creole Proverb (Southern U.S.)
He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Quotations about Funerals
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the burial, cremation, etc. of the body of a dead person, or the burial (or equivalent) with the attendant observances. ~ An excerpt from Wikipedia external link!
A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker.~ Ambrose Bierce
I did not attend his funeral, but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. ~ Mark Twain
They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize I’m going to miss mine by just a few days. ~ Garrison Keillor
A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in. ~ Irvin S. Cobb
Even the best of friends cannot attend each other’s funeral. ~ Kehlog Albran
Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours. ~ Yogi Berra
Never joke at funerals, or during business transactions. ~ Herman Melville
It is extremely hard to have a funeral when you don’t have anything to bury. ~ Ellen Gilchrist
Some people never head a procession until they’re dead. ~ Author Unknown
A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers. ~ Eddie Cantor
If you want to really know what your friends and family think of you die broke, and then see who shows up for the funeral. ~ Gregory Nunn
In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment. ~ George Ade
You should always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise, they won’t come to yours. ~ Yogi Berra
Funerals all over the world everywhere every minute. Shovelling them under by the cartload doublequick. Thousands every hour. Too many in the world. ~ James Joyce
Weddings and funerals. That’s what religion is good for. ~ Kate Cohen
Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral. ~ Rosalind Russell
Funerals aren’t supposed to be funny. ~ Cheryl Anne Porter
When I die, I’ll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral! ~ Rick Wakeman
Funerals are pretty compared to death. Funerals are quiet, but deaths not always. ~ Tennessee Williams
Rather upsets a man’s day a funeral does. ~ James Joyce
The only reason I might go to the funeral is to make absolutely sure that he’s dead. ~ Author Unknown
Nowadays, the only occassions that seem to bring families together are weddings and funerals. ~ Julia Mcnamara
The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Nobel is a ticket to one’s own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it. ~ T. S. Eliot
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
