Jean Roy Obituary Quotes

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. ~ Brendan Behan

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward. ~ George Jean Nathan

When they write my obituary. Tomorrow. Or the next day. It will say, Leo Gursky is survived by an apartment full of shit ~ Nicole Krauss

There's no bad publicity except an obituary. ~ Brendan Behan

I want to leave behind something worth more than obituary posters when I am gone. ~ Vincent Okay Nwachukwu

Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. Gives you second wind. New lease of life. ~ James Joyce

If you don't have a nasty obituary you probably didn't matter. ~ Freeman Dyson

Who can know from the word goodbye what kind of parting is in store for us. ~ Arundhati Roy

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice. ~ Brendan Behan

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing. ~ Quentin Crisp

One phrase you don't want kicking off your obituary is, Never, in the long history of bungee jumping ... ~ Dana Gould

I get up every morning and read the obituary column. If my name's not there, I eat breakfast. ~ George Burns

The obituary writers drew their incomplete sketches, touring through his life like travelers to England who do not ever see swans, sheep, bicycles, and blue eyes. ~ Mark Helprin

Men in the uniform of Wall Street retirement: black Chesterfield coat, rimless glasses and the Times folded to the obituary page.. ~ Jimmy Breslin

I contemplated suicide. My main concern was that I would not make the New York Times obituary page. ~ Art Buchwald

I seems I write as a hobby, payment appears to be out of the question.
ROY A HIGGINS ~ Roy A. Higgins

You should never write your own resume, personal ad, or obituary. In all three cases it is better to show your humility by letting someone else lie for you. ~ David Hayden

He once told a reporter he wanted his obituary to be short - "just make it born in Russia, first lesson at 3, debut at 7, debut in America in 1917". ~ Jascha Heifetz

Democracy has become Empire's euphemism for neo-liberal capitalism. ~ Arundhati Roy

Silence hung in the air like secret loss. ~ Arundhati Roy

Life was always a risk. Everything about it. ~ Deanna Roy

He had slid out of her without incident ~ Deanna Roy

We need an updated insurance plan against our won basic natures ~ Arundhati Roy

Let's leave one alive so that it can be lonely. ~ Arundhati Roy

He made her feel as though the world belonged to them... ~ Arundhati Roy

No one ever changed the world by whining a whole lot. ~ Roy Richardson

Questions signified a vulgar display of ignorance. ~ Arundhati Roy

The babies seem so very far away. ~ Deanna Roy

You never get out of life alive. ~ Roy Weiler

The nights are clear but suffused with sloth and sullen expectation. ~ Arundhati Roy

Don't stop changing until you get it right. ~ Roy Ilagan

What came for them? Not death. Just the end of living. ~ Arundhati Roy

If you're happy in a dream, does that count? ~ Arundhati Roy

When you recreate the image of man, why repeat God's mistakes? ~ Arundhati Roy

Must we behave like some damn godforsaken tribe that's just been discovered? ~ Arundhati Roy

Remember the 11th commandment. Thou shalt not take thyself to damn seriously. ~ Roy Mcconnell

Politeness. Obedience. Loyalty. Intelligence. Courtesy. Efficiency. ~ Arundhati Roy

Things can change in a day. ~ Arundhati Roy

Old. A viable die-able age. ~ Arundhati Roy

Smells, like music, hold memories. She breathed deep, and bottled it up for posterity. ~ Arundhati Roy

A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms. ~ Roy Peter Clark

Megan loves orgasms so much, she would not hesitate to steal yours. ~ Roy Station

People keep making excuses, that's why everthing happens for a reason. ~ Roy Saputra

Neither question nor answer was meant as anything more than a polite preamble to conversation. ~ Arundhati Roy

Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event. Roy Bennett ~ Roy Bennett

Don't whine ... laugh. ~ Roy Castle

Humans are animals of habit. ~ Arundhati Roy

Excitement Always Leads to Tears. ~ Arundhati Roy

And another baby could die. ~ Deanna Roy

Most artists can't draw. ~ Roy Simmons

Argentina & Iraq have been decimated by the same process with different weapons; an IMF cheque & cruise missiles. ~ Arundhati Roy

Most people surrendered fairy tale hopes in exchange for cookie cutter lives ~ Roy L. Pickering Jr.

Perhaps all love stories no matter how varied are essentially the same. ~ Roy L. Pickering Jr.

If you could have a famous writer, dead or alive, write an obituary for you and really puff you up to have been something you weren't, perhaps, or otherwise take liberties with your memory, what writer would you choose? ~ Padgett Powell

All three of them bonded by the certain, separate knowledge that they had loved a man to death. ~ Arundhati Roy

No use trying to outdo each other," Dot said. "What's easy for one might break somebody else. ~ Deanna Roy

Anyhow, isn't it better to think we've got here by
mistake? ~ Jean-Paul Sartre

Time had taught him that whether his sins were pardoned or left unforgiven, they would remain committed. Tomorrow he would hopefully choose wiser, with a stronger measure of compassion. ~ Roy L. Pickering Jr.

He held her as though she was a gift. Given to him in love. Something still and small. Unbearably precious. ~ Arundhati Roy

Need was a warehouse that could accommodate a considerable amount of cruelty. ~ Arundhati Roy

my friend Ronald. He's a hunstman who lives in my letterbox. ~ James Roy

When mannequins have nipples, it's a cold-hearted world. ~ Roy Blount, Jr.

He's been like a fresh of breath air. ~ Roy Keane

I don't play any instruments, but I do read a lot. ~ Deep Roy

Red ants that had a sour farty smell when they were squashed. ~ Arundhati Roy

Medal of Honor One Man's Journey from Poverty and Prejudice ~ Roy P. Benavidez

Fame is such a waste. It can't even be recycled. ~ Sumana Roy

The ocean is big enough to hide any man's mistakes. ~ James Roy Daley

Funding as fragmented solidarity in ways that repression never could. ~ Arundhati Roy

Knowing and doing are entirely different things. ~ Roy H. Williams

Take your inspiration from wherever you find it, no matter how ridiculous. ~ Roy H. Williams

They'll Have to shoot me first to take my Gun. ~ Roy Rogers

A fee clarified things. Disjuncted sex from love. Needs from feelings. ~ Arundhati Roy

Man is an ape with possibilities. ~ Roy Chapman Andrews

Andy Johnson was literally banjoed out of the game ~ Roy Hodgson

Once you break someone's heart, you are forever its master. ~ Roy L. Pickering Jr.

Many research findings show that most Americans already hold inflated opinions of themselves. ~ Roy F. Baumeister

Comedians love people to point and laugh at them, naturists don't. ~ Roy Station

A great dress can make you remember what is beautiful about life. ~ Rachel Roy

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less. ~ Arundhati Roy

No one has ever achieved greatness without dreams. ~ Roy Bennett

A quiet bubble floating on a sea of noise. (Estha) ~ Arundhati Roy

Luck is made by God. Others are made in China. ~ Roy Saputra

People always loved best what they identified most with. ~ Arundhati Roy

She was perhaps too young to realize that what she assumed was her love for [him] was actually a tentative, timorous, acceptance of herself. ~ Arundhati Roy

LOTTERY TICKET: a voluntary tax paid by people who are extremely bad at math. ~ Roy H. Williams

My entire career is a succession of things I did wrong and learned from. ~ Roy Sekoff

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. ~ Arundhati Roy

Art is about trying new things, exploring the world and capturing those emotions" -Riley ~ Jen Petro-Roy

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium. ~ Philip Guedalla

Tsars were autocrats, often tyrannical, who held total control over everything and everyone in Russia, ~ Roy A. Adkins

Why should propaganda be the exclusive preserve of the Western media? Just because they do it better? ~ Arundhati Roy

Last, you've got to do more leading and less managing. Be a visible and motivating presence. ~ Rob Roy

I know if you hold on tight to faith and memories, they'll always be with you. ~ Roy Johansen

Power's not what the Constitution was about. ~ Roy Moore

Don't you wish it could happen? Your mind wiped clean like a hard drive? Start again without memories? ~ Anuradha Roy

The fellow inmate shook his head and walked away mumbling to himself. Andrews smiled ~ William Roy Pipes

I had a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and that almost destroyed me. ~ Bunker Roy

What stress really does, though, is deplete willpower, which diminishes your ability to control those emotions. ~ Roy F. Baumeister

I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and I fine it $40. ~ Roy Bean