"When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty." ― W. C. Fields Topic(s): Death More From W. C. Fields "I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally." "Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against." "There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation." More In Death "Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation."― Tennessee Williams "Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death."― Coco Chanel "For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off."― Johnny Carson