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Death Quotes

"Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death."

"Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death."

Peter DeFazio, American Politician

Death, Men, War, Women

5

"I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on."

"I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on."

Louise Erdrich, American Writer

Death, Talking, Word

5

"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

5

"Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death."

"Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death."

Curt Schilling, American Athlete

Death, Spring, Training, World

5

"The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic."

"The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic."

Ben Vereen, American Actor

Death, Daughter, Nothing, Talk

5

"A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever."

"A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Death, Men, Deeds, Justice

5

"Death is the final wake-up call."

"Death is the final wake-up call."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

5

"Arsenic sticks around and today it's easily found after death if somebody thinks of looking for it, because the problem with arsenic, it isn't looked for in the common tests for drugs."

"Arsenic sticks around and today it's easily found after death if somebody thinks of looking for it, because the problem with arsenic, it isn't looked for in the common tests for drugs."

Michael Baden, American Celebrity

Death, Drugs, Tests, Today

5

"Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present."

"Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Death, Experience, Life, Eternity

5

"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

5

"For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death."

"For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death."

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, American Psychologist

Death, Life, Thought, Values

5

"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

5

"You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an end has been done to death."

"You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an end has been done to death."

Brian P. Cleary, American Author

Death, Beginning, Books, End

5

"Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death."

"Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death."

Franz Lehar, Austrian Composer

Death, Time, Business, Now

5

"Put no inscription over the grave, except the date of my birth and my death; and, wherever I am buried, let the funeral be perfectly private, with as few persons attending, and as little show and expense as possible."

"Put no inscription over the grave, except the date of my birth and my death; and, wherever I am buried, let the funeral be perfectly private, with as few persons attending, and as little show and expense as possible."

Isaac Butt, Irish Politician

5

"What pornography is really about, ultimately, isn't sex but death."

"What pornography is really about, ultimately, isn't sex but death."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Death, Sex, Pornography

5

"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

5

"Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares."

"Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares."

William Law, English Clergyman

Death, Life, Christian, Separation

5

"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

5

"But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death."

"But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death."

Don Van Vliet, American Artist

Death, People, Churches

5

"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

5

"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

5

"I feel like a real dead one: having neither blood to bleed nor any flesh or bone to feel the scars, yet I want to hold on to my spirit."

"I feel like a real dead one: having neither blood to bleed nor any flesh or bone to feel the scars, yet I want to hold on to my spirit."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Death, Spirit, Blood, Feeling

5

"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

5

"Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew."

"Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew."

Ivan Turgenev, Russian Novelist

5

"Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose; also the first announcement of death."

"Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose; also the first announcement of death."

Peter Conrad, British Author

Death, Faith, Wisdom, First

5

"Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony."

"Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony."

Elizabeth Fishel, American Writer

5

"My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death."

"My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

Death, Love, Mom, Liberal

5

"He was a dying man looking down on the surgeons trying to save him."

"He was a dying man looking down on the surgeons trying to save him."

John Green, American Author

Death, Mortality, Humanity, Medicine

5

"Everyone sounded the same when they died."

"Everyone sounded the same when they died."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Death, Equality, Sound, Life

5

"For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread."

"For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread."

Rebecca H. Davis, American Author

Death, Guests, May

5

"I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error."

"I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error."

George Ryan, American Politician

Death, Error, Support

5

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

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

Mason Cooley, American Writer

5

"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

5

"The death of JFK to the resignation of Richard Nixon marked a great turning point in American life."

"The death of JFK to the resignation of Richard Nixon marked a great turning point in American life."

Pierre Salinger, American Public Servant

Death, Life, Nixon

4

"Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death."

"Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death."

Gilbert Highet, Scottish Writer

Death, Thought, People

4

"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

4

"My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me."

"My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Death, England, Harm, Hate

4

"Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject."

"Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Death, Amusement, Race

4

"Death is a very important part of life."

"Death is a very important part of life."

GG Allin, American Musician

4

"I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs."

"I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs."

Sonny Rollins, American Musician

Death, Work, Being, Drinking

4

"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

4

"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

4

"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

4

"If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master."

"If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

4

"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

4

"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

4

"I had led a private life and wanted to die a private death."

"I had led a private life and wanted to die a private death."

Jean Harris, American Criminal

4

"Death is better than slavery."

"Death is better than slavery."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

4

"I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me."

"I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

Death, Life, People, Talk

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