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Death Quotes

"If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot."

"If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot."

Dean Smith, American Athlete

Death, Life, Problems

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"We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death."

"We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death."

Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

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"Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death."

"Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death."

R. D. Laing, Scottish Psychologist

Death, Madness, May, Potential

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"Death is one moment, and life is so many of them."

"Death is one moment, and life is so many of them."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

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"If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death."

"If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

Death, Life, Friend, Girlfriend

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"Have an earnestness for death and you will have life."

"Have an earnestness for death and you will have life."

Abu Bakr, Saudi Arabian Statesman

Death, Life, Will, Saudiarabian

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"I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears."

"I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears."

Martin Short, American Actor

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"Living well is dying well."

"Living well is dying well."

Fakeer Ishavardas, Indian Spiritual Leader

Death, Life, Living, Reflection

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"It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task."

"It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task."

Virgil, Roman Poet

Death, Day, Hell, Night

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"Greetings and death to our enemies."

"Greetings and death to our enemies."

Dan Aykroyd, Canadian Comedian

Death, Enemies, Greetings

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"Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life."

"Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

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"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death."

"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death."

Anne Frank, German Writer

Death, People, Heart, Confusion

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"A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy."

"A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

Death, Blood, Pleasure, Sadness

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"Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart."

"Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart."

Tecumseh, American Leader

Death, Life, Heart, Fear

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"I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other."

"I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other."

Harriet Tubman, American Activist

Death, Liberty, Mind, Right

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"Grumbling is the death of love."

"Grumbling is the death of love."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

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"To awake from death is to die in peace."

"To awake from death is to die in peace."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

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"I grew up wanting to be a musician, but my parents were sure I would starve to death. So, they put me in physics and chemistry. That eventually blew up, and I got into radio."

"I grew up wanting to be a musician, but my parents were sure I would starve to death. So, they put me in physics and chemistry. That eventually blew up, and I got into radio."

John Tesh, American Musician

Death, Parents, Physics

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"Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public."

"Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public."

Jessica Mitford, American Journalist

Death, Dying, Public

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"A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and if he doesn't live his life in a certain way, this death is an introduction to an eternity of pain."

"A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and if he doesn't live his life in a certain way, this death is an introduction to an eternity of pain."

Don DeLillo, American Novelist

Death, Life, Idea, Eternity

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"Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life."

"Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Death, Life, Fear

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"Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die."

"Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die."

Guru Nanak, Indian Philosopher

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"Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states."

"Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Death, War, Enemies, states

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"You know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor."

"You know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor."

David Carradine, American Actor

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"Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it."

"Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it."

James Stephens, Irish Poet

Death, Nothing, Perfection

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"I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up for a lot of really bad comedians."

"I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up for a lot of really bad comedians."

Patton Oswalt, American Comedian

Death, Comedians

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"I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive."

"I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive."

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

Death, Decency, Will

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"No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet."

"No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet."

Derrick Jensen, American Author

Death, History, Civilization, Poison

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"Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death."

"Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Death, Dying, Living

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"We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death."

"We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Death, Men, Courage, Thoughts

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"The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

"The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Death, Day, Walking

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"The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade."

"The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade."

James Shirley, English Dramatist

Death, Blood, Fate, Kings

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"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death."

"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death."

Rosalind Russell, American Actress

Death, Life, Poor

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"Some words having to do with the death of the people in the World Trade Center attack had been added, and when I got to it, I had this overwhelmingly emotional experience. I struggled to get through the words; tears were streaming down my cheeks."

"Some words having to do with the death of the people in the World Trade Center attack had been added, and when I got to it, I had this overwhelmingly emotional experience. I struggled to get through the words; tears were streaming down my cheeks."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

Death, Experience, People, Tears

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"Inactivity is death."

"Inactivity is death."

Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician

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"I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me."

"I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me."

Paula Cole, American Musician

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"When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

"When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist

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"All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay."

"All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

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"When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words."

"When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

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"I like death. I'm a big fan of it."

"I like death. I'm a big fan of it."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

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"It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death."

"It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death."

Christopher Shays, American Politician

Death, People, Knowledge, Information

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"Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death."

"Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death."

Ernestine L. Rose, Polish Feminist

Death, Life, Agitation

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"There is no more final end than death."

"There is no more final end than death."

John Thaw, British Actor

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"The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material."

"The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Connection

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"Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death."

"Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death."

Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese Soldier

Death, Acceptance

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"Nothing can happen more beautiful than death."

"Nothing can happen more beautiful than death."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God."

"I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God."

Timothy Radcliffe, English Clergyman

Death, God, Humanity

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"Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion."

"Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion."

Arthur Koestler, Hungarian Novelist

Death, Illusion, Nothing

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"It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is to say there is one."

"It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is to say there is one."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

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"The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."

"The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Death, Time, Congress, Difference

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