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Death Quotes

"But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?"

"But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?"

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

Death, Life, Waiting

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"Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death."

"Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death."

Rollo May, American Psychologist

Death, Creativity, Being, Childhood

48

"You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death."

"You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death."

Dick Durbin, American Politician

Death, Purpose, Effort, Talk

48

"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

48

"The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence."

"The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence."

Byron White, American Judge

Death, Light, Prejudice, Risk

48

"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

48

"Most of the debate over the cultures of death and life is about process. The debate focuses on the technology available to determine how we prolong life and how and when we end it."

"Most of the debate over the cultures of death and life is about process. The debate focuses on the technology available to determine how we prolong life and how and when we end it."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Death, Life, Technology, Debate

48

"We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases."

"We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases."

Thomas Browne, British Scientist

Death, Cure, Labor

47

"Grumbling is the death of love."

"Grumbling is the death of love."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

47

"Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior."

"Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Survival, Behavior, Consciousness

47

"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism."

"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Death, Fear, Compromise, Duty

47

"Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well."

"Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Death, Nature, Fact, Ugly

47

"Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light."

"Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Death, Work, Colors, Light

47

"There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth."

"There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

Death, Dying, Earth, Language

47

"The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows."

"The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Death, Life, Faith, Truth

47

"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

47

"To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death."

"To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death."

Jacqueline Cochran, American Aviator

47

"Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear."

"Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear."

G. Gordon Liddy, American Entertainer

Death, Fear, Defeat

47

"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

47

"The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world."

"The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Death, Woman, World

47

"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

47

"Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death."

"Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death."

Desmond Morris, English Scientist

Death, Life, Visit

47

"The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world."

"The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Fear, Being, World

47

"He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death."

"He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Death, War, Hell, Nation

47

"Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living."

"Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living."

Gilbert Parker, British Politician

Death, Life, Heart, Day

47

"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

47

"I don't want to hear about my death."

"I don't want to hear about my death."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

46

"Death is a very important part of life."

"Death is a very important part of life."

GG Allin, American Musician

46

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

John Donne, British Poet

Death, Man, Mankind

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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

46

"I play Hopkins' daughter. Brad Pitt plays Death. He's a very-good looking Death. With him, dying isn't so bad."

"I play Hopkins' daughter. Brad Pitt plays Death. He's a very-good looking Death. With him, dying isn't so bad."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

Death, Daughter, Dying, Play

46

"An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type."

"An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Fear, Radical, Spirituality

46

"I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die."

"I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die."

Jerry Garcia, American Musician

46

"When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction."

"When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

Death, Music, Destruction, Flowers

46

"Death is just life's next big adventure."

"Death is just life's next big adventure."

J. K. Rowling, English Author

Death, Life, Adventure

46

"I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race."

"I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Death, People, Act, Being

46

"Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death."

"Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death."

John Ralston Saul, Canadian Author

46

"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

46

"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

46

"I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it."

"I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

46

"Everybody thinks I'm at death's door, but I'm not. There's nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie!"

"Everybody thinks I'm at death's door, but I'm not. There's nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie!"

Bobby Darin, American Musician

Death, Heart, May, Nothing

46

"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

46

"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

46

"Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty."

"Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty."

Angela Davis, American Activist

Death, America, Slavery

46

"DeathIf he is a good man, death will be a release;If he is a bad one, it will release others from him."

"DeathIf he is a good man, death will be a release;If he is a bad one, it will release others from him."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Death, Release, Judgment, Morality

46

"To the philosopher, death is but the next great adventure."

"To the philosopher, death is but the next great adventure."

J. K. Rowling, English Author

Death, Adventure

45

"Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have."

"Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have."

Kit Williams, British Author

Death, Lady, Today

45

"First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef."

"First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef."

Martin H. Fischer, American Physician

Death, Management, First, Reform

45

"The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day when people everywhere become satisfied with their weight, their hair, their skin, their wardrobe, and their aroma."

"The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day when people everywhere become satisfied with their weight, their hair, their skin, their wardrobe, and their aroma."

Jef I. Richards, American Professor

Death, People, Advertising, Day

45

"Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative."

"Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative."

Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

Death, People, Progress, Humanity

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