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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.

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death.

Quotes by Giacomo Casanova

Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone asserting before me that I was dead.

Quotes by Giacomo Casanova

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

Quotes by Giacomo Leopardi

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

Quotes by Giacomo Leopardi

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.

Quotes by Germaine Greer

The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the 'I,' under another form, continues the task of existence.

Quotes by Gerard De Nerval

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

Quotes by Gerald Brenan

Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.

Quotes by Georges Bataille

Hell, madam, is to love no longer.

Quotes by Georges Bernanos

The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions.

Quotes by Georges Rouault

I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible.

Quotes by Georges Simenon

Our business is with life, not death.

Quotes by George Wald

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before encountering an authentic corpse.

Quotes by George Wald

Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death.

Quotes by George Whitefield

There is always a group of death in any World Cup. And it's a complement in a way to be in a group of death because it means that you're a good team also.

Quotes by George Vecsey

The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on.

Quotes by George Sewell

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

Quotes by George Ryan

I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.

Quotes by George Ryan

If death is in the room, it's pretty interesting. But I would also say that I'm interested in getting myself to believe that it's going to happen to me. I'm interested in it, because if you're not, you're nuts. It's...

Quotes by George Saunders

There's nothing funny about violence. Death is a real thing.

Quotes by George Pelecanos

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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.