Death Quotes

13020 Death quotes by 5305 unique authors

It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does not generate death,… — Saint Basil
The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. — Mary Catherine Bateson
Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of… — Jean Baudrillard
I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row. — Gary Bauer
Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting… — Cecil Beaton
It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in… — Simone de Beauvoir
It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a… — Simone de Beauvoir
No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from… — Martha Beck
Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor. — Joseph Addison
The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them. — Joseph Addison
Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. — Henry Ward Beecher
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave. — Henry Ward Beecher
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. — Brendan Behan
Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be… — Berenice Abbott
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. — Hilaire Belloc
Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous. — Robert Benchley
I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry. — Robert Benchley
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging… — Pope Benedict XVI
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. — Walter Benjamin
Gags die, humor doesn't. — Jack Benny
I don't want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when I go, they go… — Jack Benny
Retirement from work has depressed many a man and hastened his death. — Ezra Taft Benson
Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all. — John Berger
Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper… — Alfred Adler
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours. — Yogi Berra

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