Posthumous Quotes

17 quotes by 17 authors

In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its… — James Madison
It always bothers me to see people writing RIP when a person dies. It just feels soÂ insincereÂ and like a cop out. To me,… — Lou Reed
You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed. — Rush Limbaugh
What is new about Barthes's posthumous reputation is the view of him as a writer whose books of criticism and personal musings must be admired… — Edmund White
Darwin, Marx, and Freud meet. They may have understood other things, but the human soul, and in particular the soul of Culture-man, they did not… — Francis Parker Yockey
One must be a living man and a posthumous artist. — Jean Cocteau
Ironically, Henry James' biography comforts me & I long to make known to him his posthumous reputation he wrote, in pain, gave all his life… — Sylvia Plath
Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing. — Charles Caleb Colton
I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame. — Doris Lessing
It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward… — Gloria Steinem
When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing. — Tennessee Williams
He no longer wished to be dead. At the same time, it cannot be said that he was glad to be alive. But at least… — Paul Auster
But because me and myself, as you no doubt are well aware, we are going to die, my relationâ€”and yours tooâ€”to the event of this… — Jacques Derrida
I have a habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am now leading a posthumous existence. — John Keats
Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives. — Felix Dennis
We take from the art of the past what we need. The variable posthumous reputations of even the greatest artists and the unpredictable revivals of… — Martin Filler
You should die now if you was born so far within posthumous name — Tivea

Who Wrote These Posthumous Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 17 Posthumous Quotes as follows: