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Death Quotes

Death shows up in conversation more than we admit.

These quotes treat death as a subject that surfaces everywhere - casual bar conversation about life's biggest questions, a wry comparison between an unfulfilling job and a kind of professional death, and culture as the space where death, love, and birth all get processed together. See Death And Taxes Quotes for more.

If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.

Quotes by Tupac Shakur

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

Quotes by Tryon Edwards

I don't believe in death. I just don't think all that love and all that energy can just disappear into nothing.

Quotes by Tricky

As an actor, some of the most fun days I've had on set have involved shooting blanks all day - or better yet, on a micro-budget indie shoot in Texas, shooting live ammo. I feel guilty admitting this, but make-believe...

Quotes by Trieste Kelly Dunn

I looked Death right in the face.

Quotes by Travis Barker

It's something I want to overcome. And my kids are scared to death to fly. I want them to witness me overcome it.

Quotes by Travis Barker

One of my main wishes in wanting to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her death on my life, explore our relationship, think about the different versions of myself that I was with and without her....

Quotes by Tracy K. Smith

For years following the death of my mother, I wanted to write about her. I started writing what I thought of as personal essays about growing up as her child, but I never could finish any of them. I think...

Quotes by Tracy K. Smith

I never really had to deal with a death in the family, let alone my brother.

Quotes by Torrey Smith

No one wants to live in a wheelchair unable to talk, only winking once for yes and twice for no. It's perfectly reasonable that there will come a point where the balance of judgment of life over death swings the...

Quotes by Tony Judt

I'm not sure I've learned anything new about life; but I've had to think harder about death and what comes after for other people.

Quotes by Tony Judt

I think, in real life, when we're facing death - that is, when we come out on the other side of it, whether it's death of a friend or a family member - you come out on the other side...

Quotes by Tony DiTerlizzi

I'm not frightened about death. I don't know why, but I just feel that at a certain moment your switch is switched off, and that's it. And you can't do anything about it.

Quotes by Tony Benn

I think that beauty can injure you to death. It can cause an injury that can never be cured. Or it can so traumatise you, your life changes direction. The beauty of the harmony of nature that is forever lost,...

Quotes by Toni Servillo

My mom was a Democrat and I was scared to death that she was gonna blow it. First I was going to hell with Monroe, and now to Republican hell with Nixon.

Quotes by Tommy Rettig

Death is something that I am still trying to figure out a healthy relationship with.

Quotes by Tomi Adeyemi

But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.

Quotes by Tom Waits

Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose.

Quotes by Tom Shadyac

Definition is the death of discovery.

Quotes by Tom Shadyac

Evolving societal values indicate that the death penalty should be abolished in its entirety.

Quotes by Tom Price

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Frequently Asked Questions

What different ways do these quotes talk about death?
They range from casual bar conversations about life's great problems, to a metaphor about a 'death knell' for a musician's ambitions, to a joking reference to shaking oneself to death, to death listed among the big themes culture helps us process.
Is there a quote about talking about death casually?
Yes. One quote describes people meeting in bars and talking about "the great problems of life and death and the world and politics" without taking themselves too seriously. For more on serious topics like this, see Death Penalty quotes.
Is there a quote using 'death knell' as a metaphor?
Yes - one speaker says "the death knell for any musician is getting a job that you like and pays enough that you just stay there forever," using death metaphorically to describe creative stagnation. Browse Death And Taxes quotes for more on inevitabilities.
Is there a quote joking about wanting to disappear?
Yes. One speaker jokes about wanting to "jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death" on tougher days, contrasted with wanting to be seen as a respectable grown-up on others. For more, see Deaths quotes.
Is there a quote about death as one of life's core themes in culture?
Yes - one quote says culture is "the intersection of people and life itself," and that it's how we deal with "life, love, death, birth, disappointment." For more, see Deadliest quotes.

One line even finds dark humor in the exhaustion of trying to look respectable every day. Explore further in Deadliest Quotes or Deaths Quotes.