Mortality Quotes · Page 5

Retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave.

— William Shakespeare

When we talk about mortality, we are talking about our children.

— Anonymous

There is nothing in nature that can't be taken as a sign of both mortality and invigoration.

— Gretel Ehrlich

“In whatever disease sleep is laborious, it is a deadly symptom; but if sleep does good, it is not deadly.”

— Hippocrates

It's always been intriguing to me, the loveability of mortality.

— Martha Nussbaum

I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.

— Lance Loud

We are each of us born into the arms of mortality, the Lord recognizing our need to be held.

— Robert Breault

Honestly, most of us can face almost anything except our own mortality.

— Bernajoy Vaal

In your own bosom you bear your heaven and earth, And all you behold, though it appears without, It is within, in…

— William Blake

I believe the only way we'll be able to solve infant mortality - and other huge social problems - is by designing…

— Jane Chen

At fifty you realize that you are no longer a kid. I ignored forty. It was like I was almost at middle…

— John Travolta

“Death devours not only those who have been cooked by old age; it also feasts on those who are half-cooked and even…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I…

— Raquel Cepeda

As you get older, subconsciously you start thinking about mortality and protecting your offspring. It opens up a whole new avenue of…

— Kevin Nealon

My brother's death does make me think about mortality, although I've had so many close scrapes with the children issue.

— Amanda Redman

“I knew the end would come, one day. I knew my life deserved to be over. Yet, even knowing that, I was…

— Stacie Evans

Missionary work is a manifestation of our spiritual identity and heritage. We were foreordained in the premortal existence and born into mortality…

— David A. Bednar

Christian's family lived under the shadow cast by his parents. They had purposely become Striogi, trading thier magic and mortality to become…

— Richelle Mead

“We may like to combat disease or even want to cure death. We may try to surf on the waves of infinity…

— Erik Pevernagie

It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a…

— Jon Krakauer

Often the lack of clear direction and goals can waste away our time and energy and contribute to imbalance in our lives.…

— M. Russell Ballard

You're faced with creation, you're faced with something very mysterious and very mystical, whether it's looking at the ocean or being alone…

— Shirin Neshat

The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because its kind of a nice thing to say, you know.…

— Conor Oberst

Surgery for early stage non-small cell lung cancer is standard treatment and is likely curative. Yet, fewer blacks than whites undergo surgery…

— Henry Ford

“If one wishes to be instructed--not that anyone does--concerning the treacherous role that memory plays in a human life, consider how relentlessly…

— James Baldwin

Nature herself has not provided the most graceful end for her creatures. What becomes of all these birds that people the air…

— Henry David Thoreau

The subtlest change in New York is something people don't speak much about but that is in everyone's mind. The city, for…

— Anonymous

“There is one question George is asked about life and art and which is more important, and George said art is more…

— Keith Haring

It was a part of myself that was my enemy; I still had a childish illusion that the flesh on my own…

— MacDonald Harris

“She was someone who heard each grain in the hour-glass, she felt the passing seconds like sandpaper against her softest skin. Time…

— Rupert Thomson

“He was right because he had grasped the nature of mortality. He had a mind free enough and a heart bold enough…

— Salley Vickers

“Hiki Komori stirred Aurora away from the orgy and handed her a clean napkin. ‘Sorry about them. It’s the Rhapsody. To them,…

— Louise Blackwick

I've always had an acute sense of mortality, maybe because my father's a minister.

— Peter Hedges

Well, we're all going to die, so mortality is a part of writing and life.

— Alex Lemon

“We are all dying one by one. We all smell of mortality, and we can't wash it off.”

— Siri Hustvedt

If your economy grows [by] 4 percent, you ought to reduce child mortality 4 percent.

— Hans Rosling

I know mortality exists, but I cannot do anything about it. So it does not make me anxious.

— Renato Dulbecco

Life is used up all the same, whether we save, spend, or waste it.

— Mason Cooley

An awareness of one's mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.

— Bernie Siegel

I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more.

— Brandon Boyd