Quotes about death
death wish needs
I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. J. R. R. Tolkien
death wise giving
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. J. R. R. Tolkien
death past desire
There is no more desire to live past one's time than to die before it. Isaac Asimov
death atheist if-there-is-a-god
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. Isaac Asimov
death forgiving may
To forgive and be forgiven, if it's the last thing I do, then in death's release I may find the peace that in life I never knew. Elton John
death orthodoxy
Challenging orthodoxy is a death sentence in Washington. Stephen Kinzer
death faith god pleased translated
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
death military giving
Give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry
death almighty proof
Perhaps the best proof of the Almighty's existence is that we never know when we are to die. Joseph Brodsky
death men dying
A man's legacy is determined by how the story ends. Leonardo DiCaprio
death memories loss
Every loss which we incur leaves behind it vexation in the memory, save the greatest loss of all, that is, death, which annihilates the memory, together with life. Leonardo da Vinci
death wine mean
Alas, I am dying beyond my means. Oscar Wilde
death long lasts
Some things are more precious because they don't last long. Oscar Wilde
death trials sentences
All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death. Oscar Wilde
death art simple
Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated. Paul Rand
death design
Design is everything. Everything! Paul Rand
death children loss
If the Richter scale could measure human calamities, the loss of a child would register a ten. Letty Cottin Pogrebin
death wisdom country
In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: who does not obey shall not eat. Leon Trotsky
death preparation dying
It is not dying, but living, that is a preparation for Death. Margot Asquith
death 4th-of-july bad-ass
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. Martin Luther King, Jr.
death brother grief
The outrage was on the scale of God. My younger brother was immortal and they hadn't noticed. Immortality had been concealed in my brother's body while he was alive, and we hadn't noticed that it dwelt there. Now my brother's body was dead, and immortality with it. ... And the error, the outrage, filled the whole universe. Marguerite Duras
death
Death doesn't frighten me. Princess Diana
death command dies
To die at the command of another is to die twice. Publilius Syrus
death children too-late
Death is fortunate for the child, bitter to the youth, too late to the old. Publilius Syrus
death-penalty sentences death-sentence
The death sentence is a barbaric act. Nelson Mandela
death ends
The same thing that makes you live can kill you in the end. Neil Young
death running believe
It's better to burn out, than to fade away. Neil Young
death kings heaven
I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles Niccolo Machiavelli
death father loss
Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony Niccolo Machiavelli
death science care
For want of timely care Millions have died of medicable wounds. John Armstrong
death wisdom effort
It is because everything is relative That we shall never see in that sphere of pure wisdom and Entertainment much more than groping shadows of an incomplete Former existence so close it burns like the mouth that Closes down over all your effort like the moment Of death John Ashbery
death wise office
Death is a new office building filled with modern furniture, A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us. John Ashbery
death book dying
It is written in the Book of Usable Minutes That all things have their center in their dying.... John Ashbery