Death Quotes

Small: But Ive found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all
"But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all"
Brian Lumley, Writer
Small: Nothing is more dreadful in life than the profound thought that death may only greet you with eternal nothingn
"Nothing is more dreadful in life than the profound thought that death may only greet you with eternal nothingness"
Kim Elizabeth
Small: If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers
"If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers"
Alphonse Karr, Critic
Small: Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying
"Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying"
Polly Toynbee, Journalist
Small: In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life
"In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life"
Sarah Vowell, Author
Small: I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about som
"I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!"
Tracy Chapman, Musician
Small: Were so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then well appreciate the life
"We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more"
Naomi Watts, Actress
Small: Well, we cant afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death
"Well, we can't afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization"
Tony Snow, Journalist
Small: I grew up wanting to be a musician, but my parents were sure I would starve to death. So, they put me in physi
"I grew up wanting to be a musician, but my parents were sure I would starve to death. So, they put me in physics and chemistry. That eventually blew up, and I got into radio"
John Tesh, Musician
Small: That death was near, I suppose I believed, but I saw it only as a rest after the days work
"That death was near, I suppose I believed, but I saw it only as a rest after the day's work"
Knute Nelson, Politician
Small: The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death
"The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death"
Patty Duke, Actress
Small: Most people dont like to talk about violent historical death
"Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death"
Sarah Vowell, Author
Small: When I listen to music, I dont want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction
"When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction"
Jonathan Davis, Musician
Small: We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death
"We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death"
Theodor Reik, Psychologist
Small: I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to deat
"I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on and on about how funny their children are, so there's none of that hopefully"
Jo Brand, Comedian
Small: Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have
"Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have"
Kit Williams, Author
Small: It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the c
"It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do"
Harold Brodkey, Author
Small: What is ironic is that Allen Ginsbergs importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death
"What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!"
Rita Dove, Poet
Small: The kids out there want something they can relate to, something thats real most of that whiny stuff isnt real.
"The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real; most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death"
Jonathan Davis, Musician
Small: The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of i
"The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself"
Norman Cousins, Author
Small: So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry and of Russian and Je
"So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry and of Russian and Jewish events - pogroms and flights and murders and the revolution that drove my mother to come here"
Harold Brodkey, Author
Small: With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear
"With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral"
James Bovard, Author
Small: Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we woul
"Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death"
Geezer Butler, Musician
Small: Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying
"Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying"
Polly Toynbee, Journalist
Small: Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works
"Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon"
Terry Prachett, Author
Small: Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live
"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live"
Norman Cousins, Author
Small: Ive always had bronchitis. Ive been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it
Mercedes McCambridge
"I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it"
Mercedes McCambridge, Actress
Small: We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, th
"We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine"
Matthew Simpson, Clergyman
Small: Death is the cure for all diseases
"Death is the cure for all diseases"
Thomas Browne, Scientist
Small: You know, I think everything I do cinematically for the rest of my life will probably have some direct route b
"You know, I think everything I do cinematically for the rest of my life will probably have some direct route back to Jonathan. But I love him to death. He's like my best friend and my big brother"
Ted Demme, Director
Small: People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a r
"People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death"
Polly Toynbee, Journalist
Small: At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately all
"At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death"
Klaus Fuchs, Physicist
Small: At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately a
"At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death"
Klaus Fuchs, Physicist
Small: But when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to peoples descriptions of their work, it was q
"But when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people's descriptions of their work, it was quite clear they were talking about death all the time, about people dying all around them, about their own fear of death"
Robert Jay Lifton, Psychologist
Small: We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases
"We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases"
Thomas Browne, Scientist
Small: Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living
"Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living"
Thomas Browne, Scientist
Small: Death and sex are the dominant reality of our day
Nick Mancuso
"Death and sex are the dominant reality of our day"
Nick Mancuso, Actor
Small: She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the
"She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it"
Margaret Sanger, Activist
Small: Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - al
"Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show"
Matthew Arnold, Poet
Small: Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death blow
"Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death blow"
Louis Kronenberger, Critic
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