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title: "17 Dead Thing Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Dead Thing quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Dead Thing sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/sonya-hartnett-11638_dead_a-tethered-thing-is-a-dead-thing-301390_301390.png"
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> [“A tethered thing is a dead thing...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-hartnett/a-tethered-thing-is-a-dead-thing/)

[Sonya Hartnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-hartnett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/sonya-hartnett-11638_dead_a-tethered-thing-is-a-dead-thing-301390_301390.png)

> [Islam is a dead thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mustafa-kemal-ataturk/islam-is-a-dead-thing/)

[Mustafa Kemal Ataturk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mustafa-kemal-ataturk/)

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> [The moon hung over the planet Earth, a dead thing over a dying thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/the-moon-hung-over-the-planet-earth-a-dead-thing-over-a-dying-thing/)

[John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/)

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> [“A half-dead thing in a stark dead world, clean mad for the muck called gold.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-service/a-half-dead-thing-in-a-stark-dead-world-clean-mad-for-the-muck-called-2/)

[Robert W. Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-service/)

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> [“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/a-dead-thing-can-go-with-the-stream-but-only-a-living-thing-can-go/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/hate-is-a-dead-thing-who-of-you-would-be-a-tomb/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/khalil-gibran-286_hate_hate-is-a-dead-thing-who-of-you-would-be_8605.jpg)

> [There are no medicines to bring a dead thing back to life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/there-are-no-medicines-to-bring-a-dead-thing-back-to-life/)

[Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/kristin-cashore-369_dead_there-are-no-medicines-to-bring-a-dead-t_2378074.png)

> [My fishing hole is deader than...a dead thing that's dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-riley/my-fishing-hole-is-deader-than-a-dead-thing-that-s-dead/)

[Tom Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-riley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f5/tom-riley-19891_fish_my-fishing-hole-is-deader-than-a-dead-th_139031.png)

> [A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-dead-thing-goes-with-the-stream-but-only-a-living-thing-can-go/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_faith_a-dead-thing-goes-with-the-stream-but-on_3047992.png)

> [Being dead was one thing, getting ready for a wedding another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-stratton-porter/being-dead-was-one-thing-getting-ready-for-a-wedding-another/)

[Gene Stratton-Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-stratton-porter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/gene-stratton-porter-7103_marriage_being-dead-was-one-thing-getting-ready-f_1468619.jpg)

> [A Falsehood is, in one sense, a dead thing; but too often it moves about, galvanized by self-will, and pushes the living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/a-falsehood-is-in-one-sense-a-dead-thing-but-too-often-it-moves-about/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/670/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_dishonesty_a-falsehood-is-in-one-sense-a-dead-thing_1033256.jpg)

> [A book which is left on a shelf is a dead thing but it is also a chrysalis, an inanimate object packed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-hill/a-book-which-is-left-on-a-shelf-is-a-dead-thing-but-it-is-also-a/)

[Susan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-hill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/susan-hill-11625_book_a-book-which-is-left-on-a-shelf-is-a-dea_2823323.png)

> [What is the difference between a living thing and a dead thing? In the medical world, a clinical definition of death is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-sweet/what-is-the-difference-between-a-living-thing-and-a-dead-thing-in-the/)

[Leonard Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-sweet/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/leonard-sweet-10435_body_what-is-the-difference-between-a-living_1927392.png)

> [Whatever you shoot is dead for a while before it starts to stink. The same goes for strategies. How many organizations carry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-hamel/whatever-you-shoot-is-dead-for-a-while-before-it-starts-to-stink-the/)

[Gary Hamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-hamel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/gary-hamel-3793_late_whatever-you-shoot-is-dead-for-a-while-b_2390022.jpg)

> [Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/those-who-would-give-us-a-living-constitution-are-actually-giving-us/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

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> [What is the difference between a living thing and a dead thing? In the medical world, a clinical definition of death is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-is-the-difference-between-a-living-thing-and-a-dead-thing-in-the-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/anonymous-1_change_what-is-the-difference-between-a-living_2634372.jpg)

> [The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyril-connolly/the-past-is-the-only-dead-thing-that-smells-sweet/)

[Cyril Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyril-connolly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/cyril-connolly-1829_past_the-past-is-the-only-dead-thing-that-sme_1775279.png)

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