Death Quotes | Beyond Motive 10/26

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Death Quotes

"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire."

"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire."

Edward Young, English Poet

Death, Fire, Nothing, Waste

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"Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life."

"Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Death, Life, Angels, Disease

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"Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking a trend to death is not contributing to culture and is ultimately not profitable."

"Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking a trend to death is not contributing to culture and is ultimately not profitable."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Death, Music, Buying, Culture

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"This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words."

"This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

Death, End, Man, Mind

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"Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn't scare me at all."

"Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn't scare me at all."

David Carradine, American Actor

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"I think people would be alive today if there were a death penalty."

"I think people would be alive today if there were a death penalty."

Nancy Reagan, American First Lady

Death, People, Today

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"Death is a very important part of life."

"Death is a very important part of life."

GG Allin, American Musician

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"I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened."

"I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

Death, Being, Kids

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"And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene."

"And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene."

Christine Lahti, American Actress

Death, Movies, Purpose, Tears

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"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself."

"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Death, Life, Men, Awareness

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"Vulgar and common persons, as they carry nothing out of this world, so they leave nothing in it: they receive no eminency in their birth, they acquire none in their life, they have none when they die, they leave none at their death."

"Vulgar and common persons, as they carry nothing out of this world, so they leave nothing in it: they receive no eminency in their birth, they acquire none in their life, they have none when they die, they leave none at their death."

John Pearson, British Theologian

Death, Life, Nothing, World

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"Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country."

"Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country."

Robert Hewison, British Historian

Death, Education, Truth, Growth

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"I'm working myself to death."

"I'm working myself to death."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

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"Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer."

"Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer."

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright

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"Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion."

"Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Death, Fame, Future, Illusion

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"We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning."

"We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning."

Mary Wesley, British Novelist

Death, Being, Children, Learning

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"Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi."

"Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

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"The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life."

"The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Death, Life, Religious

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"My mother thought me being gay was a death sentence."

"My mother thought me being gay was a death sentence."

Jai Rodriguez, American Actor

Death, Mother, Thought, Being

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"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death."

"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Death, Children, Soldiers, Sons

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"Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense."

"Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense."

Ron Paul, American Politician

Death, Bizarre, Cause, Injury

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"The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it."

"The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it."

Brian May, English Musician

Death, Wedding, March

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"I am one who believes that one of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading people, but that of boring them to death."

"I am one who believes that one of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading people, but that of boring them to death."

Leo Burnett, American Businessman

Death, People, Advertising, Misleading

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"But death's acquisitive instincts will win."

"But death's acquisitive instincts will win."

Harold Brodkey, American Author

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"I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with."

"I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Death, End, Passion, Trying

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"It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires."

"It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires."

Ed Markey, American Politician

Death, Knowledge, Cause, Causes

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"Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other."

"Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

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"At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death."

"At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death."

Klaus Fuchs, German Physicist

Death, Time, Policy, Confidence

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"Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?"

"Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?"

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

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"Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself."

"Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

Death, Life, Pain

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"I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!"

"I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!"

Tracy Chapman, American Musician

Death, Questions, Songs, Weather

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"Sleep - death without dying - living, but not life."

"Sleep - death without dying - living, but not life."

Edwin Arnold, English Poet

Death, Life, Dying, Living

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"Unfortunately, actions taken by the Senate ensured that relief from the death tax would only be temporary and that it would come back to life at the full rate again in 2011."

"Unfortunately, actions taken by the Senate ensured that relief from the death tax would only be temporary and that it would come back to life at the full rate again in 2011."

Doc Hastings, American Politician

Death, Life, Actions, Tax

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"Death just shouldn't be a taxable event."

"Death just shouldn't be a taxable event."

Dennis Hastert, American Politician

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"Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts."

"Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Death, Gods, Desire, Gifts

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"Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks."

"Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks."

Eric Sevareid, American Journalist

Death, Being, Network

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"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Death, Blessings, May

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"Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species."

"Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Death, Life, Being, Living

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"Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go."

"Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

13

"At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it."

"At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it."

Oliver Reed, English Actor

Death, Food, People, Right

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"The death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jobs and personal income. As a result, 70 percent of family-owned businesses are not passed on to the next generation and 87 percent do not make it to the third generation."

"The death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jobs and personal income. As a result, 70 percent of family-owned businesses are not passed on to the next generation and 87 percent do not make it to the third generation."

Jennifer Dunn, American Politician

Death, Family, Tax, Income

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"It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge."

"It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

Death, Sacrifice, Heroism, Humanity

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"The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime."

"The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime."

Bobby Scott, American Politician

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"For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life."

"For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Life, Certainty, Culture

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"Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes."

"Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes."

Robert Bolt, British Playwright

13

"I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States."

"I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

Death, People, states, United

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"Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death."

"Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death."

Lena Horne, American Actress

13

"A certain death of an artist is overconfidence."

"A certain death of an artist is overconfidence."

Robin Trower, English Musician

13

"In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same."

"In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same."

Ida B. Wells, American Activist

Death, Men, Women, Fact

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"We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death."

"We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death."

David Sarnoff, American Inventor

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