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title: "20 Dead Years Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Dead Years quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Dead Years sayings and thoughts."
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> [Well, you're going to be dead in a hundred years anyway, so live dangerously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-leach/well-you-re-going-to-be-dead-in-a-hundred-years-anyway-so-live/)

[Mike Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-leach/)

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> [When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/when-i-m-dead-twenty-five-years-people-are-going-to-begin-to/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

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> [All playwrights should be dead for three hundred years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-l-mankiewicz/all-playwrights-should-be-dead-for-three-hundred-years/)

[Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-l-mankiewicz/)

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> [“Even the stars we see are only a kind of memory, already dead for years.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-goldsworthy/even-the-stars-we-see-are-only-a-kind-of-memory-already-dead-for-years/)

[Peter Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-goldsworthy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/peter-goldsworthy-69969_astronomy_even-the-stars-we-see-are-only-a-kind-of_169268.png)

> [My mother was dead for five years before I knew that I had loved her very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-hellman/my-mother-was-dead-for-five-years-before-i-knew-that-i-had-loved-her/)

[Lillian Hellman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-hellman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/lillian-hellman-4752_five_my-mother-was-dead-for-five-years-before_2640155.jpg)

> [“According to groogle chrome I have been dead for 7 years.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plac-ennta/according-to-groogle-chrome-i-have-been-dead-for-7-years/)

[Plac Ennta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plac-ennta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/plac-ennta-270003_dead_according-to-groogle-chrome-i-have-been_245531.jpg)

> [It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-lehrer/it-is-a-sobering-thought-that-when-mozart-was-my-age-he-had-been-dead/)

[Tom Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-lehrer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/tom-lehrer-3442_age_it-is-a-sobering-thought-that-when-mozar_103093.jpg)

> [If I had not smoked I should have been dead ten years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-guizot/if-i-had-not-smoked-i-should-have-been-dead-ten-years-ago/)

[Francois Guizot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-guizot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/francois-guizot-40197_has-beens_if-i-had-not-smoked-i-should-have-been-d_3184341.png)

> [Pandering to the people who have supported this industry for years is a sure way for this industry to be dead in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brevoort/pandering-to-the-people-who-have-supported-this-industry-for-years-is/)

[Tom Brevoort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brevoort/)

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> [“I will be dead in five years' time, but while I am here, I will travel many highways and I will, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimi-hendrix/i-will-be-dead-in-five-years-time-but-while-i-am-here-i-will-travel/)

[Jimi Hendrix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimi-hendrix/)

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> [People have been saying rock is dead for years, but the reality is that it just falls out of favor with pop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-kennedy/people-have-been-saying-rock-is-dead-for-years-but-the-reality-is/)

[Myles Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myles-kennedy/)

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> [My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/my-parents-have-been-dead-for-many-years-and-when-your-folks-are-gone/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/tony-parsons-10532_dead_my-parents-have-been-dead-for-many-years_3179055.png)

> ['Night of the Living Dead,' then 'Dawn of the Dead' is a few weeks later, 'Day of the Dead' months later, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-a-romero/night-of-the-living-dead-then-dawn-of-the-dead-is-a-few-weeks-later/)

[George A. Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-a-romero/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/george-a-romero-2638_dawn_night-of-the-living-dead-then-dawn-of-th_250973.jpg)

> [“There should be four of us. Mom, Dad, Ben, me. But there’s not. Da’s been dead for four years, but it hasn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/there-should-be-four-of-us-mom-dad-ben-me-but-there-s-not-da-s-been/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

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> [“For all my biographical projects I have kept a box of lives. A box of index cards containing the details—name, occupation, dates,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/for-all-my-biographical-projects-i-have-kept-a-box-of-lives-a-box-of/)

[Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/diane-setterfield-1008_dead-years_for-all-my-biographical-projects-i-have_1776111.png)

> [“If it's not for Him, I guess I'd be dead few years ago.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jestoni-revealed/if-it-s-not-for-him-i-guess-i-d-be-dead-few-years-ago/)

[Jestoni Revealed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jestoni-revealed/)

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> [Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/lord-tyrawley-and-i-have-been-dead-these-two-years-but-we-don-t/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/lord-chesterfield-757_dead_lord-tyrawley-and-i-have-been-dead-these_380904.jpg)

> [Elvis makes millions every year, although he's been dead for many years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxanne-roberts/elvis-makes-millions-every-year-although-he-s-been-dead-for-many-years/)

[Roxanne Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxanne-roberts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/roxanne-roberts-56478_elvis_elvis-makes-millions-every-year-although_202299.jpg)

> [A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman-2/a-statesman-is-a-politician-who-has-been-dead-ten-or-fifteen-years/)

[Harry S Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman-2/)

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> [“According to her, if he hasn't been dead twenty years, he isn't history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/according-to-her-if-he-hasn-t-been-dead-twenty-years-he-isn-t-history/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/barbara-kingsolver-200_according_according-to-her-if-he-hasn-t-been-dead_1130502.png)

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