83 Epitaph Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 8

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

A selection of epitaph quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

71 I don't know what you're going to say at the gates of heaven, but I'm going to say no woman ever lived had herself a better husband than you been to me. Now go on.

John Wayne as Davy Crockett in The Alamo (1960)

72 And man that is born of woman has but a short time to live. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower. He fleeth as if it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.

Gary Cooper as Cole Harden in The Westerner (1940)

73 He was one of us. He was a man who loved the outdoors and bowling.

Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in The Big Lebowski

74 What they gonna put on your tombstone? 'Here lies a man, 27 years old. He died, but he ain't no punk.'

Richard Pryor as Sugar Ray in Harlem Nights

75 Was he a family man? Did he have any children? -Yes. -Well, then I carve: Beloved Husband and Father.

John Wayne as Wil Andersen in The Cowboys (1972)

76 I want a small headstone with this written on it. Nothing else. No jabbery, no angels. You got that?

John Wayne as J.B. Books in The Shootist

77 I moved from the bed to a chair, to a closet, and I knew it must be the end

Kathleen Barr as Rudolph in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys

78 To the refuge of the earth, we entrust our friend's body. To the protection of our God in Heaven, we entrust his soul. To ourselves, we entrust his spirit, and the principles he lived by.

Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan in Clear and Present Danger

79 Mama always said that dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)

80 In pace requiescat!

Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp in Tombstone (1993)