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Death Quotes

"The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped."

"The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

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"It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge."

"It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

Death, Sacrifice, Heroism, Humanity

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"Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death."

"Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death."

Lena Horne, American Actress

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"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

Horace, Roman Poet

Death, Time, Law

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"An answer is always a form of death."

"An answer is always a form of death."

John Fowles, English Novelist

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"The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations."

"The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations."

Kit Bond, American Politician

Death, Family, Dream, Wealth

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"Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it."

"Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it."

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

Death, War, Humanity, Pain

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"Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don't you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a driver's license? It's totally insane."

"Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don't you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a driver's license? It's totally insane."

John Cusack, American Actor

Death, Business, Law

9

"To know that one has never really tried - that is the only death."

"To know that one has never really tried - that is the only death."

Marie Dressler, American Actress

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"Because there is a larger awareness that transcends time and space, an awareness is available after death."

"Because there is a larger awareness that transcends time and space, an awareness is available after death."

Henry Reed, English Writer

Death, Time, Awareness, Space

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"It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living."

"It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Death, Living, Praise

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"When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits."

"When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Death, Humor, Attention, Being

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"Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences."

"Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

9

"Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats."

"Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats."

Henry Thomas, American Actor

Death, Family, Mail, Tourists

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"Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down."

"Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down."

Michael Schiavo, American Celebrity

Death, Family, Home, Living

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"Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where."

"Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where."

John Dryden, English Poet

Death, Fear, Nothing

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"As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."

"As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Death, Life, Day, Sleep

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"There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now."

"There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

Death, Life, Thought, Now

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"Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs."

"Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs."

Isaiah Berlin, Russian Philosopher

9

"I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldn't get into makeup fast enough."

"I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldn't get into makeup fast enough."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

Death, First, Lady, Makeup

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"It is certainly safe, in view of the movement to the right of intellectuals and political thinkers, to pronounce the brain death of socialism."

"It is certainly safe, in view of the movement to the right of intellectuals and political thinkers, to pronounce the brain death of socialism."

Norman Tebbit, British Statesman

Death, Intellectuals, Right, Socialism

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"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

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"Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death."

"Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death."

Omar N. Bradley, American Soldier

9

"In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character."

"In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character."

Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge

Death, Character, Suffering, Tragedy

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"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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"From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishing with young people and teaching them things. I'm very, very critical."

"From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishing with young people and teaching them things. I'm very, very critical."

Rex Hunt, Australian Entertainer

Death, People, Fish, Fishing

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"Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."

"Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

Death, Clothes, Grave, Monument

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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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"Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but even if we imagined them wearing him to death, that would not make his story tragic."

"Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but even if we imagined them wearing him to death, that would not make his story tragic."

Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge

Death, Children, Job

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"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

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"Who is there today who still cares about a well-finished death? No one. Even the rich, who could after all afford this luxury, are beginning to grow lazy and indifferent; the desire to have a death of one's own is becoming more and more rare. In a short time it will be as rare as a life of one's own."

"Who is there today who still cares about a well-finished death? No one. Even the rich, who could after all afford this luxury, are beginning to grow lazy and indifferent; the desire to have a death of one's own is becoming more and more rare. In a short time it will be as rare as a life of one's own."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Death, Life, Wealth, Values

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"We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it?"

"We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it?"

Tony Randall, American Actor

9

"Death is the tyrant of the imagination."

"Death is the tyrant of the imagination."

Barry Cornwall, English Poet

Death, Imagination

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"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

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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

9

"In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system."

"In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system."

Paul Gillmor, American Politician

Death, Legal, Life

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"Depakote also has a really bad side effect, which is death."

"Depakote also has a really bad side effect, which is death."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

9

"She didn't want to die. She couldn't imagine wanting to die. Death was for-for other people."

"She didn't want to die. She couldn't imagine wanting to die. Death was for-for other people."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Death, Fear, Desire, Truth

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"The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses."

"The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses."

Mac Thornberry, American Politician

Death, Family, Opportunity, Children

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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

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"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

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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

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"It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape."

"It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape."

Voltaire, French Writer

9

"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

9

"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

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"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

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"But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation."

"But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation."

Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian

Death, Life, God, Being

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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

9

"That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in some degree foreshadowed by the older mystical sacrifices."

"That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in some degree foreshadowed by the older mystical sacrifices."

William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist

Death, Life, People, Idea

9

"Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it."

"Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it."

Conway Twitty, American Musician

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