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Life and death30 quotes
Every man dies, not every man really lives. — William Wallace · 1995Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more. — Christopher Hitchens · 2007Mama, always said, dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. — Forrest Gump · 1994For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten. — Ecclesiastes 9:5 · 931 BCIt matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. — Samuel Johnson · 1769Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Please open his mouth. Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. — Miracle Max · 1987All 30 quotes →Death14 quotes
Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more. — Christopher Hitchens · 2007Mama, always said, dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. — Forrest Gump · 1994For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten. — Ecclesiastes 9:5 · 931 BCWhoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Please open his mouth. Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. — Miracle Max · 1987Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1873The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658All 14 quotes →Life6 quotes
Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more. — Christopher Hitchens · 2007Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1873The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid. — Langston Hughes · 1936If you're afraid of dying, shows you have a life worth keeping. — Dr. Nicholas Garrigan · 2006Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at it while it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud. — Yann Martel · 2001The human condition3 quotes
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. — George Santayana · 1922Nothing begins, and nothing ends,
That is not paid with moan;
For we are born in other's pain,
And perish in our own. — Francis Thompson · 1893We come out of the dark and go into the dark again, and in between lie the experiences of our life. But the beginning and end, birth and death, we do not experience; they have no subjective character, they fall entirely in the category of objective events, and that's that. — Thomas Mann · 1924Circle of life2 quotes
Mama, always said, dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. — Forrest Gump · 1994In a short while the generations of living creatures are changed, and like runners relay the torch of life. — Lucretius · 50 BCFear of death2 quotes
The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658If you're afraid of dying, shows you have a life worth keeping. — Dr. Nicholas Garrigan · 2006Living life to the fullest2 quotes
Every man dies, not every man really lives. — William Wallace · 1995Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more. — Christopher Hitchens · 2007Birth1 quote
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. — Seneca · 65Change1 quote
In a short while the generations of living creatures are changed, and like runners relay the torch of life. — Lucretius · 50 BCDecisions and choices1 quote
You must choose, but choose wisely for as the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you. — Grail Knight · 1989Fools1 quote
It is better to be a fool than to be dead. — Robert Louis Stevenson · 1881Life is precious1 quote
I would rather be tied to the soil as another man's serf, even a poor man's, who hadn't much to live on himself, than be King of all these the dead and destroyed. — Homer · 700 BCMoment of death1 quote
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. — Samuel Johnson · 1769Mystery of death1 quote
Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. — Vladimir Nabokov · 1962Nature of death1 quote
Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. — Ludwig Wittgenstein · 1922Oblivion1 quote
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten. — Ecclesiastes 9:5 · 931 BCShortness of life1 quote
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing;
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1873