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Death Quotes

"There is no morality in war. Morality is the privilege of those judging from the distance. War is only death and destruction."

"There is no morality in war. Morality is the privilege of those judging from the distance. War is only death and destruction."

John Cory, American Politician

Death, War, Morality, Destruction

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"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

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"Blood and death. That moves me."

"Blood and death. That moves me."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

39

"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

39

"Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it."

"Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it."

Ray Kurzweil, American Inventor

Death, Time, Importance, Meaning

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"Death and the dice level all distinctions."

"Death and the dice level all distinctions."

Samuel Foote, English Dramatist

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"Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying."

"Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying."

Polly Toynbee, English Journalist

Death, Care, Dying

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"As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead."

"As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

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"I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other."

"I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other."

Harriet Tubman, American Activist

Death, Liberty, Mind, Right

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"But the thing about bad guys is that they have the biggest bosomed blond, they have great clothes and cars, and get great death scenes."

"But the thing about bad guys is that they have the biggest bosomed blond, they have great clothes and cars, and get great death scenes."

Eric Roberts, American Actor

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"Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women."

"Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women."

Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian Politician

Death, Women, Cause, Leading

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"A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's."

"A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's."

Stan Sakai, Japanese Cartoonist

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"Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle."

"Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle."

Edna Ferber, American Novelist

Death, Being, Old, Struggle

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"Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity."

"Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Death, Fire, Hatred, Pity

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"Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies."

"Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies."

Alex Winter, American Actor

Death, Movies, Fight

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"Death, the final, triumphant lover."

"Death, the final, triumphant lover."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

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"This death sentence is not surprising. It had to be."

"This death sentence is not surprising. It had to be."

Julius Rosenberg, American Criminal

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"I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on and on about how funny their children are, so there's none of that hopefully."

"I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on and on about how funny their children are, so there's none of that hopefully."

Jo Brand, British Comedian

Death, Funny, People, Children

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"And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart."

"And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Death, Heart, Affection, Echo

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"As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death."

"As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Death, People, Punishment

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"Cause at the end of the day, honestly, at the end of the day when you're in your death bed and that's it, I think it's the relationships you've had and the people that you've touched and the people that have touched you that matter."

"Cause at the end of the day, honestly, at the end of the day when you're in your death bed and that's it, I think it's the relationships you've had and the people that you've touched and the people that have touched you that matter."

Julie Benz, American Actress

Death, People, Bed, Cause

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"They say the death of a parent puts you in time because that means there's now no generation standing between you and ordinary death: you're next. I don't buy it."

"They say the death of a parent puts you in time because that means there's now no generation standing between you and ordinary death: you're next. I don't buy it."

Bruce Jackson, American Public Servant

Death, Time, Now

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"Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death."

"Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death."

Lee Iacocca, American Businessman

Death, People, Language, Respect

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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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"Nothing can happen more beautiful than death."

"Nothing can happen more beautiful than death."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing."

"Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing."

Christopher Fry, English Playwright

Death, May, Understanding

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"In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same."

"In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same."

Ida B. Wells, American Activist

Death, Men, Women, Fact

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"Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light."

"Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Death, Truth, Dawn, Light

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"Debate is the death of conversation."

"Debate is the death of conversation."

Kitty O'Neill Collins, American Stuntwoman

Death, Conversation, Debate

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"There is nothing glamorous about death."

"There is nothing glamorous about death."

Roger Moore, English Actor

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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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"Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives."

"Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Death, Fear, Act

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"If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death."

"If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death."

Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher

Death, Hope, Freedom

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"There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live."

"There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live."

Jean de la Bruyere, French Philosopher

Death, Life, Being, Events

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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

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"She died--this was the way she died;And when her breath was done,Took up her simple wardrobeAnd started for the sun.Her little figure at the gateThe angels must have spied,Since I could never find herUpon the mortal side."

"She died--this was the way she died;And when her breath was done,Took up her simple wardrobeAnd started for the sun.Her little figure at the gateThe angels must have spied,Since I could never find herUpon the mortal side."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Death, Afterlife, Peace, Memory

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"I am against the death penalty."

"I am against the death penalty."

Andrew Cuomo, American Politician

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"I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death."

"I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death."

Edith Piaf, French Musician

Death, Earth, Mind

38

"A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation."

"A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Death, Time, Opportunity, Buddhism

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"All loss is one, and one loss becomes all, a single death is the key to the gate that bars memory."

"All loss is one, and one loss becomes all, a single death is the key to the gate that bars memory."

Diana Gabaldon, American Author

Death, Loss, Memory, Truth, Life

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"Death is the final wake-up call."

"Death is the final wake-up call."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

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"The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on."

"The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on."

George Sewell, English Actor

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"Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death."

"Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

Death, Survival, Personality

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"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

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"The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation."

"The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation."

Jean de la Bruyere, French Philosopher

Death, Desire, Hatred, Passion

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"To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death."

"To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death."

Peter Tosh, Jamaican Musician

Death, Truth, Possession

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"Everyone sounded the same when they died."

"Everyone sounded the same when they died."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Death, Equality, Sound, Life

38

"What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!"

"What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!"

Rita Dove, American Poet

Death, Importance, Twilight, Years

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"Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity."

"Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity."

John Milton, English Poet

Death, Eternity, Key

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"After that I could never pass a dead man without stopping to gaze on his face, stripped by death of that earthly patina which masks the living soul. And I would ask, who were you? Where was your home? Who is mourning for you now?"

"After that I could never pass a dead man without stopping to gaze on his face, stripped by death of that earthly patina which masks the living soul. And I would ask, who were you? Where was your home? Who is mourning for you now?"

Ernst Toller, German Playwright

Death, Soul, Home, Living

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