Grave quotes

“The grave is lonely, but living is worse.”
Daniel von Bargen - Nix

“I've been thinking a lot about Dad. We shouldn't have gotten him a grave. We should have come up here together with his ashes. He said this is where he was the happiest. He was a climber. I think every real climber would want to stay on the mountain.”

Robin Tunney - Annie Garrett

“- Nayland Smith: What do you expect to find in that tomb?
- Sir Lionel Barton: A record, the golden plate, the threat of Genghis Khan's return, the golden mask he wore, and the famous golden scimitar.”
Lewis Stone - Nayland Smith
Lawrence Grant - Sir Lionel Barton

“They're going to kill you, Carl. You and Willie! You're going to be fertilizer. They're gonna bury you right next to Jimmy Hoffa.”
Patrick Swayze - Sam Wheat

“There was every orb conceivable on that tomb except one. The orb which fell from the heavens and inspired Newton's life's work. Work that incurred the wrath of the Church... until his dying day. A-p-p-l-e. Apple.”
Tom Hanks - Robert Langdon

“This is the most uncomfortable coffin I've ever been in. Your selection is quite shoddy. You are wasting my time.”
Martin Landau - Bela Lugosi

“You've been digging, Luke, and if you keep digging you'll be digging your own grave.”
Paul William Walker IV - Caleb Mandrake

“- Spider: What do you want to do, Scuz, turn over gravestones?
- Scuz: No, I just want to look around the graveyard - I never seen one before.
- Spider: Haven't you ever been to a funeral?
- Scuz: I never knew anyone that died.”
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. - Spider
Brian Peck - Scuz

“They killed my pilot because we took pictures of the graves, and I know where they are. And I am gonna get them, so he didn't die for no reason.”

Owen Wilson - Burnett

“This place is a tomb!”

Laurence Fishburne - Miller

“- Steve Freeling: Not much room for a pool is there?
- Mr. Teague: We own all the land. We have already made arrangements for relocating the cemetery.
- Steve Freeling: You're kidding. Come on. I mean, that's sacrilegious, isn't it?
- Mr. Teague: Don't worry about it. After all, it's not ancient tribal burial ground. It's just... people. Besides...” (continue)(continue reading)
Craig T. Nelson - Steve Freeling
James Karen - Mr. Teague

Annie, she said she wanted to be buried right in the ground under a pear tree. Really. Not in a box or anything. She said she wanted the roots going right through her, and each year, we'd come along, take a pear, and go "Hey, Annie's tasting good this year, huh?"
Jodie Foster - Jeanie

“Back in the heavy stoned days, when we used to stay up and talk a lot, Annie and me, we were talking about dying, how it feels and all. I said I'd never get buried. I couldn't stand them shoveling dirt in my face.”
Jodie Foster - Jeanie

“When you wake up scream, Doctor Alan, scream all you want. There is no escape from the grave.”
Zakes Mokae - Dargent Peytraud

“Harry, if I wanted you dead, do you think I'd be walking around here?”

Charles Napier - Dave Quittle

“Bells of hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling, for you but not for me. O death, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling? Grave, where thy victory?”
Sir Ian McKellen - James Whale

“- Ichabod Crane: We take the Indian Trail to the Tree of the Dead.
- Young Masbath: How will we recognize it?
- Ichabod Crane: Without difficulty, I rather fear. Then climb down to the Horseman's resting place.
- Young Masbath: His camp?
- Ichabod Crane: His grave.”
Johnny Depp - Ichabod Crane
Marc Pickering - Young Masbath

“- Ely Jackson: You guys want to get cremated or buried?
- Pete Kepler: I don't care, what ever. Bury me, burn me, why does it matter?
- Ely Jackson: It matters. I don't want to rot in a box... bugs and worms and weird animals eat out my eyeballs.”
Christina Ricci - Ely Jackson
Casey Affleck - Pete Kepler

This is not a motel called "Cemetery". This is a cemetery called "Motel".
Ezio Greggio - Antonio Motel

“- Karl Westover: Are you all right?
- Barbarosa: No, I ain't all right! Do I look all right?
- Karl Westover: Well, you look better than you did when you was at the bottom of that grave.”
Gary Busey - Karl Westover
Willie Nelson - Barbarosa

“The Children of Doom, Doom's children. They told my lord the way to the Mountain of Power, they told him to throw down his sword and return to the Earth. Ha! Time enough for the Earth in the grave!”
Mako - The Wizard

“- John Slade: The name's Slade.
- Julian Rogers: Super. Here's an idea. Why don't you spell it out for me so I can get it right on your tombstone.”
Ed Lauter - John Slade
John C. McGinley - Julian

“- Evelyn Carnahan: It's called mummification. You'll be dead when they do this.
- Rick O'Connell: For the record, if I don't make it out of here, don't put me down for mummification.
- Jonathan Carnahan: Likewise.”
Rachel Weisz - Evelyn Carnahan
Brendan Fraser - Rick O'Connell
John Hannah - Jonathan Carnahan

“- Cragie: You gotta take a leak, do it now.
- Nick Kopalas: On some poor bastard's grave?
- Cragie: Who cares? If someone was smart, they'd rip out all these graves and plant tomatoes. These people are no good. They're dead!”
Ralph Foody - Cragie
Joe Guzaldo - Nick Kopalas

“There is one advantage all humans have over us. You can move about in the daytime. We can't. We must return to our graves before sunrise, or we're destroyed.”

Louise Allbritton - Katherine Caldwell