Being Quote by John Mortimer

A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life.

— Anonymous

Being dead's only a problem if you know you're dead, which you never do because you're dead!

— Jonathan Franzen

Trust me, the being-dead part is much easier than the dying part. If you can watch much television, then being dead will be a…

— Chuck Palahniuk

One of the things is that in times of severe disorder, you can't worry about the dead, only the living.

— Darren Shan

It is fun to be alive. It's a hell of a lot better than being dead.

— Joe Strummer

Death is nothing but the body of a dead who has just died.

— Vikrant Parsai

Death is not the problem; waiting around for it is.

— Charles Bukowski

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

— Henry Fielding

There are about as many ways to be dead as there are to be alive. People linger in different ways, both publicly and privately.

— Anne Enright

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Part of being alive is dying as well.

— Shaun Evans

It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind

— Martin McDonagh