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| Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989) | A knowledge of the true age of the earth and of the fossil record makes it impossible for any balanced intellect to believe in the literal truth of every part of the Bible in the way that fundamentalists do. And if some of the Bible is manifestly wrong, why should any of the rest of it be accepted automatically? | |
| George Ade (1866 - 1944) | In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of entertainment. | |
| George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) | What bereaved people need is a little comic relief, and this is why funerals are so farcical. | |
| Jessica Mitford (1917 - 1996) | Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public. | |
| Jessica Mitford (1917 - 1996) | O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory? Where, indeed? Many a badly stung survivor, faced with the aftermath of some relative's funeral, has ruefully conceded that the victory has been won hands down by the funeral establishment. | |
| Jessica Mitford (1917 - 1996) | Euphemisms such as "slumber room" abound in the funeral business. | |
| Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) | I did not attend his funeral, but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. | |
| Phillip Lopate | The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'. | |
| Stephen Millich (1941 - ) | Having fun should be taken seriously. |
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