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Eulogies Quotes

Quotes tagged as "eulogies" Showing 1-7 of 7
Michael Bassey Johnson
“Nothing can save you from hate, empty all your treasures and give it to people and one out of the multitudes will curse you, so live your life to please yourself and not others.”
Michael Bassey Johnson

James Baldwin
“Every man in the chapel hoped that when his hour came he, too, would be eulogized, which is to say forgiven, and that all of his lapses, greeds, errors, and strayings from the truth would be invested with coherence and looked upon with charity. This was perhaps the last thing humans could give each other and it was what they demanded, after all, of the Lord.”
James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son

Christopher Buckley
“A twenty-minute eulogy, unless composed by a) William Shakespeare, b) Winston Churchill, or c) Mark Twain, is sixteen minutes too long. Technical note: It is better to tell a eulogist to speak for four minutes not five minutes. “Five minutes” to the modern ear sounds like “around five minutes,” whereas “four minutes” means “four minutes.”
Christopher Buckley, Losing Mum and Pup

Alisa Mullen
“If I die tomorrow, you aren't allowed to say my life was cut short at age 25. I did more in those years than most people will ever do.”
Alisa Mullen, Unrequited

Leonard Pitts Jr.
“You see, the thing is, we write our own eulogies. Someone else delivers it, yes, but each of us authors his own in the life he lives and the memories he leaves.”
Leonard Pitts Jr.