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Death Quotes

"To know that one has never really tried - that is the only death."

"To know that one has never really tried - that is the only death."

Marie Dressler, American Actress

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"Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world."

"Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Death, Life, First, Light

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"The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up."

"The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

Death, Performance, Interest, Losing

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"All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women."

"All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

Death, Society, Women, Man

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"Therefore, don't let sinners take courage to think they will be favoured like the thief on the cross; for we see on the other side, they may be like the hardened one, and reproach death itself."

"Therefore, don't let sinners take courage to think they will be favoured like the thief on the cross; for we see on the other side, they may be like the hardened one, and reproach death itself."

Elias Hicks, American Clergyman

Death, Courage, May, Will

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"Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?"

"Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?"

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Death, People, Brother, Loss

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"If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death."

"If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death."

Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher

Death, Hope, Freedom

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"When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits."

"When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Death, Humor, Attention, Being

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"Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them."

"Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them."

Abbie Hoffman, American Activist

Death, War, Life, Corporate

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"A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse."

"A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

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"There must be a punitive expedition against the Jews in Russia, a punitive expedition which will expect: death sentence and execution. Then the world will see the end of the Jews is also the end of Bolshevism."

"There must be a punitive expedition against the Jews in Russia, a punitive expedition which will expect: death sentence and execution. Then the world will see the end of the Jews is also the end of Bolshevism."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

Death, End, Execution, Russia

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"The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country."

"The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country."

Dennis Miller, American Comedian

Death, Life, Country

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"Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down."

"Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down."

Michael Schiavo, American Celebrity

Death, Family, Home, Living

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"We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return."

"We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return."

Otto Frank, German Celebrity

Death, Wife, Children

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"My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play."

"My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

Death, Father, Play, Writing

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"I'm Irish. I think about death all the time."

"I'm Irish. I think about death all the time."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Death, Time, Irish

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"She died--this was the way she died;And when her breath was done,Took up her simple wardrobeAnd started for the sun.Her little figure at the gateThe angels must have spied,Since I could never find herUpon the mortal side."

"She died--this was the way she died;And when her breath was done,Took up her simple wardrobeAnd started for the sun.Her little figure at the gateThe angels must have spied,Since I could never find herUpon the mortal side."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Death, Afterlife, Peace, Memory

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"I am against the death penalty."

"I am against the death penalty."

Andrew Cuomo, American Politician

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"A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation."

"A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Time, Opportunity, Buddhism

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"In every death, a busy world comes to an end."

"In every death, a busy world comes to an end."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Death, End, World

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"Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin."

"Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin."

Mary Baker Eddy, American Theologian

Death, Sin, Will

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"Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death."

"Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death."

Omar N. Bradley, American Soldier

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"If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the death tax is phased out in 2010 but comes back in full force in 2011. That is a ridiculous and untenable policy."

"If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the death tax is phased out in 2010 but comes back in full force in 2011. That is a ridiculous and untenable policy."

Kit Bond, American Politician

Death, Policy, Act, Force

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"Terri's death brings to a close a very tragic, human and personal event that has left everyone with a feeling of emptiness, regardless of what side of the issue you may have been on."

"Terri's death brings to a close a very tragic, human and personal event that has left everyone with a feeling of emptiness, regardless of what side of the issue you may have been on."

Bob Beauprez, American Politician

Death, Feeling, May

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"As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander."

"As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander."

John Andre, British Celebrity

Death, Life, Country, Disgrace

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"In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death."

"In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death."

Michael K. Simpson, American Politician

Death, Day, President

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"Death is softer by far than tyranny."

"Death is softer by far than tyranny."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood."

"My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

Death, Brother, Favorite

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"Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality."

"Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality."

Jean Paul, German Author

Death, Immortality, Sleep, Youth

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"Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives."

"Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives."

Algernon Charles Swinburne, English Poet

Death, Marriage, Time, Old

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"That which is so universal as death must be a benefit."

"That which is so universal as death must be a benefit."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

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"Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please."

"Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please."

Edmund Spenser, English Poet

Death, Life, War, Sleep

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"I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always be a mystery, although it is something we all have in common: everybody knows that life ends with death."

"I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always be a mystery, although it is something we all have in common: everybody knows that life ends with death."

Beth Gibbons, English Musician

Death, Life, Thought, Mystery

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"What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death."

"What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

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"Blood and death. That moves me."

"Blood and death. That moves me."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

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"A simpler form of the same objection consists in saying that death ought not to be final, that there ought to be a second chance. I believe that if a million chances were likely to do good, they would be given."

"A simpler form of the same objection consists in saying that death ought not to be final, that there ought to be a second chance. I believe that if a million chances were likely to do good, they would be given."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Death, Chance, Hope, Afterlife

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"Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows."

"Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows."

Siegfried Sassoon, English Poet

Death, Time, Land, Soldiers

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"But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, with his martial cloak around him."

"But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, with his martial cloak around him."

Charles Wolfe, Irish Poet

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"I knew that I would know more dead people. The bodies pile up. Could there be a space in my memory for each of them, or would I forget a little of Alaska every day for the rest of my life?"

"I knew that I would know more dead people. The bodies pile up. Could there be a space in my memory for each of them, or would I forget a little of Alaska every day for the rest of my life?"

John Green, American Author

Death, Memory, Loss, Existence

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"That death was near, I suppose I believed, but I saw it only as a rest after the day's work."

"That death was near, I suppose I believed, but I saw it only as a rest after the day's work."

Knute Nelson, American Politician

Death, Work, Day, Rest

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"Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared."

"Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Death, Calamity

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"Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or, at the very least, not let it take me over."

"Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or, at the very least, not let it take me over."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

Death, Day, Fight

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"Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death."

"Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death."

Lyman Beecher, American Clergyman

Death, Lie, Will

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"How many wives have been forced by the death of well-intentioned but too protective husbands to face reality late in life, bewildered and frightened because they were strangers to it!"

"How many wives have been forced by the death of well-intentioned but too protective husbands to face reality late in life, bewildered and frightened because they were strangers to it!"

Hortense Odlum, American Executive

Death, Life, Husbands, Reality

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"Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life."

"Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

13

"Death and the dice level all distinctions."

"Death and the dice level all distinctions."

Samuel Foote, English Dramatist

13

"It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death."

"It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death."

Elijah Cummings, American Politician

Death, Civilrights, Journey

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"If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility."

"If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility."

Antonin Scalia, American Judge

Death, Idea, Abortion, Constitution

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"It was very hard for all of us. It's still very hard. The anniversary of his death just passed, and every single one of his friends, still, after all these years... it's unbelievable."

"It was very hard for all of us. It's still very hard. The anniversary of his death just passed, and every single one of his friends, still, after all these years... it's unbelievable."

Eydie Gorme, American Musician

Death, Friends, Years

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"The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death."

"The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death."

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

Death, Court, Execution, States

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