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Death Quotes

"Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly and swiftly over the bar, that you find not the rub of death."

"Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly and swiftly over the bar, that you find not the rub of death."

Donald Cargill, Scottish Clergyman

Death, God, Fear, May

40

"We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation."

"We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation."

Peter Krause, American Actor

Death, People, Country

40

"I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from."

"I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from."

John Cleese, English Actor

Death, Encouraging, Television

40

"If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none."

"If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none."

Mel Brooks, American Comedian

40

"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

40

"Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life."

"Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

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"People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death."

"People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death."

Polly Toynbee, English Journalist

Death, Time, People, Longing

40

"Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me."

"Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

40

"Death and sex are the dominant reality of our day."

"Death and sex are the dominant reality of our day."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Death, Sex, Day, Reality

40

"If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death."

"If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Body, Consciousness

40

"Normality is death."

"Normality is death."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

Death, Normality

40

"The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable."

"The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable."

Theodore Parker, American Theologian

Death, Soul, Brother, Body

40

"The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates."

"The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Death, Cause, Fashion, Leading

40

"Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage."

"Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage."

Jean Anouilh, French Playwright

Death, Courage, Day, Man

40

"Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights."

"Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights."

Ivan Turgenev, Russian Novelist

Death, Life, Nature, Care

40

"The cemetery is the home of those who are not here, come in."

"The cemetery is the home of those who are not here, come in."

Italo Calvino, Italian Journalist

Death, Home, Mystery, Life

40

"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

40

"Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent."

"Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Death, Life, Men

40

"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

39

"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

39

"Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing."

"Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing."

Bret Harte, American Author

Death, Possibility, Existence, Man

39

"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

39

"And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene."

"And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene."

Christine Lahti, American Actress

Death, Movies, Purpose, Tears

39

"Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia."

"Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia."

Joseph Ratzinger, German Clergyman

Death, War, Abortion, Diversity

39

"No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone."

"No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone."

Martha Beck, American Author

Death, Life, Self

39

"Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition."

"Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Experience, Relatives, State

39

"Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion."

"Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Death, Fame, Future, Illusion

39

"Rather than allow themselves to be separated from the love of Christ, they submitted cheerfully to every privation, to contumely and disgrace, and to death itself."

"Rather than allow themselves to be separated from the love of Christ, they submitted cheerfully to every privation, to contumely and disgrace, and to death itself."

John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

Death, Love, Christ, Disgrace

39

"Death is the most blessed dream."

"Death is the most blessed dream."

Georg Buchner, German Dramatist

39

"Death is no different whined at than withstood."

"Death is no different whined at than withstood."

Philip Larkin, English Poet

39

"But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me."

"But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Death, Crisis, Hurt, May

39

"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge."

"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

Death, Knowledge, Ignorance

39

"Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes."

"Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

Death, Connection

39

"Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does."

"Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does."

Michael Shermer, American Writer

39

"Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go."

"Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

39

"To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death."

"To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Death, Country, Fate

39

"His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad."

"His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad."

Red Skelton, American Comedian

Death, Time, First

39

"We will persevere, come life or death."

"We will persevere, come life or death."

Lewis Tappan, American Businessman

Death, Life, Will

39

"A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know."

"A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Vision, Dying

39

"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

39

"I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat's deck and beaten to death."

"I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat's deck and beaten to death."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

Death, Fish, Friends

39

"It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is taken away; and now death is no more to me, but to cast myself into my husband's arms, and to lie down with Him."

"It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is taken away; and now death is no more to me, but to cast myself into my husband's arms, and to lie down with Him."

Donald Cargill, Scottish Clergyman

Death, Lie, God, HusbChrist

39

"And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death."

"And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death."

William C. Bryant, American Poet

39

"For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep."

"For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Death, Duty, Man, Sleep

39

"But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction."

"But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction."

Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist

Death, Science, Technology, Achievement

39

"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

39

"I have had death threats from people with fixations."

"I have had death threats from people with fixations."

Enya, Irish Musician

39

"Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death."

"Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death."

Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher

Death, Hope, Contradiction, Living

39

"My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied."

"My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied."

Horatio Nelson, British Soldier

Death, Life, Character, Disgrace

39

"Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it."

"Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Death, Advice, Nothing

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