"What is unappetizing to one person is very much appealing to another."

"What is unappetizing to one person is very much appealing to another."
Jack Springer
Executive director of the Chicago-based North American Cremation Association. A growing trend of alternative funeral services has led to innovative ways of memorializing the dead, from turning cremated remains into reefs and fireworks to shooting them into space.
"When God has blessed you by waking you up this morning, how can you have a pity party? Remember, it's all right to sit on the pity pot -- just remember to flush when you get through."
The Rev. Cecil "Chip" Murray
Pastor for 27 years at one of the nation's most influential black churches in Los Angeles, preaching in his final sermon, on the theme of perseverance.