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Death Quotes

"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

15

"Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye."

"Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Death, Eye, Sun

15

"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

15

"On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly."

"On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Death, Man, Sun

15

"I heard death had a name, but I forgot what it was."

"I heard death had a name, but I forgot what it was."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Death, Mystery, Forgetfulness, Life

15

"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

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"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

15

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

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

Thomas Wolfe, American Novelist

15

"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

15

"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

15

"You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face."

"You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face."

Ian Fleming, British Author

15

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

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

Ivan Illich, American Sociologist

15

"Everyone sounded the same when they died."

"Everyone sounded the same when they died."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Death, Equality, Sound, Life

15

"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

15

"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

15

"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

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"They fail to recognize the broad biological principle that organic material is constantly being recycled. Everything has a time of being - a birth, a life span, and a death."

"They fail to recognize the broad biological principle that organic material is constantly being recycled. Everything has a time of being - a birth, a life span, and a death."

Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician

Death, Life, Time, Being

14

"Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful."

"Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

Death, Life, Mystery

14

"I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death."

"I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death."

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American Musician

14

"The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue."

"The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue."

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian Author

Death, Fear, Thoughts, Fantasy

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"For me, its like go ahead and eat. Live your life. I mean, I've just seen so much death, you know, as of late, being in my 40s, of people getting sick or, you know, whatever, that I just feel like, you know what? You never know with life. Eat. Enjoy yourself. Just try to be healthy and, you know, and watch it."

"For me, its like go ahead and eat. Live your life. I mean, I've just seen so much death, you know, as of late, being in my 40s, of people getting sick or, you know, whatever, that I just feel like, you know what? You never know with life. Eat. Enjoy yourself. Just try to be healthy and, you know, and watch it."

Debi Mazar, American Actress

Death, Life, People, Being

14

"It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do."

"It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do."

Harold Brodkey, American Author

Death, Church, Earth, Light

14

"Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death."

"Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

Death, Sabbath, Songs

14

"Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly."

"Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

14

"We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring."

"We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

Death, Being, Road, Years

14

"It's my life and my death."

"It's my life and my death."

Gary Gilmore, American Criminal

14

"Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of life. The struggle is the tragedy - not defeat or death."

"Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of life. The struggle is the tragedy - not defeat or death."

Whittaker Chambers, American Writer

Death, Life, Soul, Crime

14

"Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week."

"Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week."

Basil C. Hume, British Archbishop

Death, Fact, Sadness, Sorrow

14

"The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death."

"The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death."

Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader

Death, Government, Action, Delay

14

"Death is no different whined at than withstood."

"Death is no different whined at than withstood."

Philip Larkin, English Poet

14

"In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers."

"In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers."

Alan Clark, English Politician

Death, Life, Day, End

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"I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death."

"I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

14

"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

14

"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

14

"I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death."

"I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death."

Harry A. Blackmun, American Judge

14

"I wait for death and journalists."

"I wait for death and journalists."

Jeanne Calment, French Celebrity

14

"The news of any politician's death should be listed under "Public Improvements.""

"The news of any politician's death should be listed under "Public Improvements.""

Frank Dane, American Humorist

14

"She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it."

"She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

Death, Time, Man, Right

14

"The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it."

"The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it."

Mary Catherine Bateson, American Scientist

Death, Ending, Meaning

14

"The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray."

"The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

Death, Disease, Glamour, Horror

14

"In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation."

"In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation."

Edwin Way Teale, American Naturalist

Death, Nature, Destruction

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"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

14

"Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle."

"Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

14

"Well when I made my first record I thought it would be a good joke to have me on one side, have the lable say John Fahey on one side, and this guy Blind Joe Death on the other side."

"Well when I made my first record I thought it would be a good joke to have me on one side, have the lable say John Fahey on one side, and this guy Blind Joe Death on the other side."

John Fahey, American Musician

Death, Thought, Blind, First

14

"Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death."

"Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death."

Frederick Buechner, American Clergyman

Death, Health, Life, Heart

14

"The decision, therefore, lies here in the East; here must the Russian enemy, this people numbering two hundred million Russians, be destroyed on the battle field and person by person, and made to bleed to death ."

"The decision, therefore, lies here in the East; here must the Russian enemy, this people numbering two hundred million Russians, be destroyed on the battle field and person by person, and made to bleed to death ."

Heinrich Himmler, German Soldier

Death, People, Decision, Battle

14

"I'd be interested in finding out if there is a light you walk into, and if you do meet people from your life and walk hand in hand with Jesus. I would hate for my death to be tragic: I'd like to be old when it happens. But hopefully a young death is unlikely."

"I'd be interested in finding out if there is a light you walk into, and if you do meet people from your life and walk hand in hand with Jesus. I would hate for my death to be tragic: I'd like to be old when it happens. But hopefully a young death is unlikely."

Brian Molko, Belgian Musician

Death, Life, People, Hate

14

"I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death."

"I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death."

George Eads, American Actor

Death, Life, Science, Day

14

"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

14

"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

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