Quotes for All
Never was it [Capitalism] imposed on life as a system, or at all. It grew out of life, not all at once but gradually, and is therefore one of the great natural designs. When it was found and identified by such men as Adam Smith, who wrote its bible, and Karl Marx, who wrote its … Read more
It’s not the loss of life that makes the death bitter — it’s the obituaries. Evan Esar
One of the things I can do is to try to put myself in different kinds of movies and that kind of subtly changes my work. By the time my obituary is written, I want there to be a great western and a great comedy. Ethan Hawke
I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order. Erma Bombeck
I was studying the impacts of fishing on ocean life, while the places that I loved so much continued to decline: less and smaller fish, less corals, and more microbes. I found myself writing the obituary of nature with increasing precision. Unsatisfied and frustrated, I felt like a doctor telling the patient how she is … Read more
People have been writing premature obituaries on the women’s movement since its beginning. Ellen Goodman
The first thing you should do when you get up is read the obituaries. You never know when you’ll see a name that will just make your day. Edward James Salisbury
If you don’t have a nasty obituary you probably didn’t matter. Freeman Dyson
When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go, I think. Nine more years. Two years and I’m dead. The power of numbers is never more evident than when we use them to speculate on the time of our … Read more
It’s 2013 … The Time’s obituary for Yvonne Brill, renowned rocket scientist, winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovations, leads with, ‘She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job and took eight years off from work to raise three children. The world’s best mom, her son Matthew said. … Read more