Best 9776 quotes in «death quotes» category

I announce the great individual, fluid as Nature, chaste, affectionate, compassionate, fully armed; I announce a life that shall be copious, vehement, spiritual, bold, And I announce an end that shall lightly and joyfully meet its translation.

I ask a wreathwhich will not crush my head. And there is no hurry about it; I shall have, doubtless, a boom after my funeral, Seeing that long standing increases all things regardless of quality.

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.

I begin to regard the death and mangling of a couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash-and it may be well that we become so hardened.

I believe if I should die, And you should kiss my eyelids where I lie Cold, dead, and dumb to all the world contains, The folded orbs would open at thy breath, And from its exile in the Isles of Death Life would come gladly back along my veins.

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong.

I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start ith death. We are in eternity now.

I came alone in this world, I have walked alone in the valley of the shadow of death, and I shall quit alone when the time comes.

I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.

I cannot be grasped in the here and now, For my dwelling place is much among the dead, As the yet unborn, Slightly closer to the heart of creation than usual, But still not close enough.

I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away. With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you - oh you, who the wildest yearn For an old-time step, and the glad return, Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of There as the love of Here. Think of him still as the same. I say, He is not dead - he is just away.

I cannot remember the time when I have not longed for death. ... for years and years I used to watch for death as no sick man ever watched for the morning.

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.

I cherish the fantasy, even the hope, of adventures in other realms to come. But how can we choke out that most precious of all gifts, life, with the rope of religion around our necks? It chokes out freedom with dogma. It pinions us to the stake of superstition.

Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil or climate and droop in another. They are the vegetation of the mental world.

I [Death] was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.

I depart from life as from an inn, and not as from my home. [Lat., Ex vita discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non tanquam ex domo.]

I design for the woman who loves being a woman.

I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

I didn't realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone.

I died for Beauty--but was scarce Adjusted in the Tomb When One who died for Truth, was lain In an adjoining Room

I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever.

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

I do not want to believe that death is the gateway to another life. For me, it is a closed door. I do not say it is a step we must all take, but that it is a horrible and dirty adventure.

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead. [Lat., Emori nolo: sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo.]

I don't know why you don't live it up all the time when's dying's just around the corner, but you don't.

I don't know what's waiting for us when we die--something better, something worse. I only know I'm not ready to find out yet.

I don't believe people die. They just go uptown. To Bloomingdales. They just take longer to get back.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.

I don't mean to imply that I'm afraid of Death. I'm just not ready to go out on a date with him.

I don't mind about the dead ones. They're dead. The worst of it is, they cling to the living and won't let go.

I don't mind dying, the trouble is you feel so bloody stiff the next day.

I don't myself believe that, even when we fulfil our minimum obligation not to cause pain, we have the right to kill animals.

I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.

I don't want to be immortal through my works. I want to be immortal by not dying.

I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.

I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward

I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.

I'd rather die than go to heaven.