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Casket Quotes

Words spoken at the edge of a goodbye.

A casket shows up in these quotes as more than furniture for a funeral - it's a songwriter's grief, a poet's metaphor for meter enclosing thought, and even, oddly, a convention sponsor's name.

I'll only retire in the day I should be dead and they have me buried, and some idiot spell over my casket some stupid gospel stuff.

Quotes by Ozzy Osbourne

The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the jewel of thought which it encloses, and, perhaps, in some instances, after close investigation, they...

Quotes by Orson F. Whitney

I played a funeral convention once. York Casket Company pays well, in case anyone's wondering!

Quotes by Chris Young

I was carrying my friend in his casket to put him in the hearse, and I was thinking, 'I need to write a song for this guy, because he always told me I would have a No. 1 song.'

Quotes by Charlie Puth

Always Quotes

The most heart-wrenching responsibility I have as Governor is to meet a family at the airport as they stand silently waiting for the military casket of their loved one to come home.

Quotes by Charlie Baker

In America, burial means an embalmed body in a heavy-duty casket with a vault built over it, so that the ground doesn't settle. That body is encased in many layers of denial.

Quotes by Caitlin Doughty

I grew up watching 'Taker, and he used to scare me as a kid, so I think it would only add to the excitement to be in a casket match with a guy like that. There's definitely some jealousy.

Quotes by Baron Corbin

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes appear in this Casket quotes collection?
Mostly funerals and mortality - a songwriter carrying a friend's casket to the hearse, a musician joking about a funeral convention sponsor, and a poet using the casket as metaphor.
Why search for quotes specifically about caskets?
People planning a eulogy or processing loss often look for language that names the casket directly rather than euphemisms, which is exactly what this small set offers.
Is the casket always used literally in these quotes?
No. One line compares 'the casket of meter and rhyme' to the jewel of thought poetry encloses, using the object figuratively rather than describing an actual funeral.
Does this collection include any lighter or unexpected references?
Yes, one musician jokes that the York Casket Company paid well for a funeral convention gig, adding an odd, almost comic note to an otherwise somber topic.
Where can I find more quotes on related themes?
Our Body quotes and Burial quotes collections cover adjacent ground on mortality and physical remembrance.

For more on how these speakers process mortality, browse our Body quotes, or see how loss and ceremony connect further in the Burial quotes collection.