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Definition of Tombstone
Tombstone

A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.

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Deceased, Erected, Grave, Memory, Of, Over, Preserve, Stone, The, To


Tombstone Quotations

I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'
Andy Warhol

I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say "figment."
Andy Warhol

I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
Ted Turner

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
Charles Spurgeon

If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.
Jefferson Davis

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.
Billy Sunday

I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it."
Katherine Dunham

That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?
David Byrne

On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
Earl Weaver

Tombstone Translations

tombstone in French is pierre tombale
tombstone in German is Grabstein
tombstone in Italian is lapide


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