Quotes about death
death looks
Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day. William Cowper
death dust turns
We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
death suicide dying
Suicide is about life, being in fact the sincerest form of criticism life gets. Wilfrid Sheed
death men feet
And Death fell with me, like a deepening moan. And He, picking a manner of worm, which half had hid Its bruises in the earth, but crawled no further, Showed me its feet, the feet of many men, And the fresh-severed head of it, my head. Wilfred Owen
death war lying
I thought of all that worked dark pits Of war, and died Digging the rock where Death reputes Peace lies indeed.
death men envy
Dead men may envy living mites in cheese, Or good germs even. Microbes have their joys, And subdivide, and never come to death.
death long heaven
Death when to death a death by death hath given Then shall be op't the long shut gates of heaven. [Mors, mortis morti mortem nisi morte dedisset (dedisses).] Thomas Heywood
death fear may
Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Teach me to die… Thomas Hardy
death stories sad-story
Death makes sad stories of us all. Tim Schafer
death hands world
Death comes to all. His cold and sapless hand Waves o'er the world, and beckons us away. Who shall resist the summons? Thomas Love Peacock
death dying amusement
Planting is one of my great amusements, and even of those things which can only be for posterity, for a Septuagenary has no right to count on any thing but annuals. Thomas Jefferson
death design-process aesthetic-beauty
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people. Thomas J. Watson
death character resurrection
The character wherewith we sink into the grave at death is the very character wherewith we shall reappear at the resurrection. Thomas Chalmers
death-penalty murder intolerance
The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for murder, but he would willingly have anyone electrocuted who disagreed with him on the subject. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
death loss genuine-concern
We do not know what awaits each of us after death, but we know that we will die. Clearly, it must be possible to live ethically-with a genuine concern for the happiness of other sentient beings-without presuming to know things about which we are patently ignorant. Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person you will pass in the street today, is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime? Sam Harris
death dirty self
How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either. S. I. Hayakawa
death-penalty guilty innocent
It's not about whether you are innocent or guilty. It's about whether or not you can prove you're innocent. If you can't prove you're innocent, then you're considered guilty. It's been flipped: Now it's guilty until proven innocent. Ronald Jones
death alive
There are some dead who are more alive than the living. Romain Rolland
death dying sweetheart
Don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life, something we're all destined to do. Sally Field
death wisdom fear
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and rose to animal, I died as an animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Rumi
death too-much
The dead are too much with us. Roger Zelazny
death dying way
To each person, their own way of death - with dignity. Susan Sarandon
death time sleep
A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist. Stewart Alsop
death thinking goes-on
If there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go on. Stevie Smith
death
Say nothing but good of the dead. Solon
death best-job stanford-university
Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. Steve Jobs
death suicide small-jobs
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.
death important dying
Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.
death-penalty penalties activism
My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with. Steve Earle
death littles
Every day a little death. Stephen Sondheim
death mother peace
The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between. Mother Teresa
death age birth
At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth. Peter Ustinov
death dying remedy
There's a remedy for everything except death. Peter O'Toole