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Death Quotes

"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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"He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel."

"He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel."

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish Journalist

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"What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death?"

"What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death?"

James Cameron, American Director

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"The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants."

"The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants."

Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

Death, Church, Abuse, Exploitation

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"Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil."

"Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil."

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Writer

Death, Imagination, Life, Evil

42

"Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best."

"Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best."

Thomas Wolfe, American Novelist

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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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"At the moment of death I hope to be surprised."

"At the moment of death I hope to be surprised."

Ivan Illich, American Sociologist

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"Thomas Edison's last words were 'It's very beautiful over there'. I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful."

"Thomas Edison's last words were 'It's very beautiful over there'. I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful."

John Green, American Author

Death, Hope, Faith, Afterlife

42

"Give me liberty or give me death."

"Give me liberty or give me death."

Patrick Henry, American Revolutionary

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"In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal."

"In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal."

Carol P. Christ, American Educator

Death, Religion, Life

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"Death is not my best subject."

"Death is not my best subject."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

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"Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it's more or less inevitable."

"Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it's more or less inevitable."

Graham Chapman, British Comedian

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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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"Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death."

"Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

Death, Washington

41

"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

41

"In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico, death can be found in many things."

"In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico, death can be found in many things."

Gael Garcia Bernal, Mexican Actor

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"Death does determine life."

"Death does determine life."

Pier P. Pasolini, Italian Filmmaker

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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

41

"Death, only, renders hope futile."

"Death, only, renders hope futile."

Edgar Rice Burroughs, American Writer

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"Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly."

"Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly."

Jean Baudrillard, French Sociologist

Death, Time, Deep, Difficulty

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"Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal."

"Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

Death, Soul, Communism, Conformity

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"I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia."

"I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia."

Cher, American Musician

Death, Pet, Being, Paranoia

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"All I want is a gentleman. I'm sick to bloody death of bastards."

"All I want is a gentleman. I'm sick to bloody death of bastards."

Katie Price, english Model

Death, Gentleman, Want

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"When I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me."

"When I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me."

Steven Morrissey, English Musician

Death, Life, Bed, Lying

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"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

41

"Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open."

"Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Death, People, Day, Defeat

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"You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!"

"You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!"

Marcus Valerius Martial, Spanish Poet

Death, Life, Fool, Nothing

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"If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death."

"If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death."

Paul Lynde, American Comedian

Death, Nervousness

41

"The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit."

"The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit."

Davy Crockett, American Explorer

41

"The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death."

"The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Death, Fear, Cinema, Lies

41

"No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist."

"No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

Death, Soul, Gentleman

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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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"The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death."

"The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death."

Henry Miller, American Author

Death, History, Truth, Singing

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"When I see someone who is starved, they don't look alert. They don't have boundless energy. If you're too skinny, it looks like you're near death."

"When I see someone who is starved, they don't look alert. They don't have boundless energy. If you're too skinny, it looks like you're near death."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

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

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

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Death, Day, Walking

41

"I came face to face with death at thirteen years old."

"I came face to face with death at thirteen years old."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

Death, Old, Years

41

"We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records."

"We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records."

Edie Brickell, American Musician

Death, Energy, Play, Songs

41

"The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'"

"The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet

41

"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

41

"Death whispers your name to me."

"Death whispers your name to me."

Wayne Gerard Trotman, British Author

Death, Longing, Mystery, Love

41

"The goal of all life is death."

"The goal of all life is death."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Death, Life, Goal

41

"I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated."

"I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

41

"Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists."

"Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists."

Alison Moyet, British Musician

Death, Artists, Right, Thinking

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"I think quite often a fate worse than death is life - for lots of people."

"I think quite often a fate worse than death is life - for lots of people."

Tom Baker, British Actor

Death, Life, People, Fate

40

"In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we are strange and beautiful asleep; for we are dying the darkness and we know no death."

"In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we are strange and beautiful asleep; for we are dying the darkness and we know no death."

Thomas Wolfe, American Novelist

Death, Lie, Heart, Darkness

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"I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death."

"I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Death, Cause, Causes, Excess

40

"I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness."

"I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian Musician

Death, Happiness, God, Opportunity

40

"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

40

"The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happened to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus."

"The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happened to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus."

Ken Calvert, American Politician

Death, Harm, Measure, Woman

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