Dead Man Quotes

162 quotes by 140 authors

Who waiteth for dead man's shoes will go long barefoot. — John Heywood
Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them. — George Whitefield
Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile. — Nathanael West
Worship is at heart a person offered to God, claiming no rights,Â making no more selfish demands than a dead man does, but living fully,… — Graham Kendrick
He who does not move with the times is a dead man — Vicki Baum
The Universe wants to play. Those who refuse out of dry spiritual greed & choose pure contemplation forfeit their humanity - those who refuse out… — Hakim Bey
The power of God has not in the least bit been diminished over the past 2000 years. Our Lord still sits on His great throne… — Eric Ludy
We all run on two clocks. One is the outside clock, which ticks away our decades and brings us ceaselessly to the dry season. The… — Max Lerner
The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; and these, it is said, are of the greatest service… — Plato
For I am verily persuaded the generality of preachers talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ; and the reason why congregations have been so dead… — Unknown Author
A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man. — Alfred Nobel
And upsidedown in the earth a dead man walks upon my soles when I walk. — Unknown Author
I see men assassinated around me every day. I walk through rooms of the dead, streets of the dead, cities of the dead; men without… — Charles Bukowski
Words are not in the power of men; men are in the power of words. Every time we open our mouths, a thousand dead men… — Hermann Bahr
Sinners in their natural state lie dead, lifeless, and moveless; they can no more believe in Christ, nor repent, than a dead man can speak… — Thomas Boston
There's not much a newspaper reporter can do about dead men. But a newspaper reporter and a cop and a judge can deliver some justice.… — Charlie LeDuff
A man who is not with a woman is a dead man. — William A. Drake
What a writer has to do is write what hasn't been written before or beat dead men at what they have done. — Ernest Hemingway
Jesus' death wasn't to free us from dying, but to free us from the fear of death. Jesus came to liberate us so that we… — Erwin McManus
I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded that I am… — Socrates

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