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Die Quotes

What people say they'd live, and die, for.

Some die quotes here are about craft rather than mortality — a musician describes a piano-and-voice foundation strong enough to build a whole career on. For more on beginnings and endings together, see Death quotes.

When artists die early, they become idols even more.

Quotes by Agnes Varda

The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.

Quotes by Agnes Repplier

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

Quotes by Agnes de Mille

Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.'

Quotes by Adrienne Bailon

Death Quotes

I need it to be do or die to really get focused.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.

Quotes by Adrian Grenier

I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.

Quotes by Adrian Edmondson

Let us die as soon as possible, and by whatever process God shall appoint. And when we are dead to the world, and nature, and self, we shall begin to live to God.

Quotes by Adoniram Judson

Start-ups often die in the first 18 to 24 months because of formative mistakes, like choosing a bad co-founder or the wrong corporate entity or an inappropriate platform. Ninety percent of the companies the Founder Institute has created are alive...

Quotes by Adeo Ressi

Died Quotes

Death is the one - the one thing we don't have many answers for. We understand how people die, but we don't know what comes next, and that's something that's always fascinated and disturbed me and frustrated me.

Quotes by Adam Silvera

'They Both Die At The End' is about coming face to face with your own mortality.

Quotes by Adam Silvera

When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die. But,...

Quotes by Adam Shankman

Broadcom is the descendent of a nearly 60-year-old unit of the original Hewlett-Packard. Semiconductor companies are like enterprise software companies: they don't die easily.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.

Quotes by Ada Yonath

Dies Quotes

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Abraham Lincoln

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its...

Abraham Lincoln

It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.'...

Quotes by Abel Ferrara

I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.

Quotes by Abe Lemons

I always thought I would die of cancer because my mom and my dad both died of cancer. My dad died of osteocancer, and my mom died of colon cancer.

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

Dying Quotes

In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.

Quotes by Aaron Schock

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote here about a musical foundation people "live and die by"?
Yes — one describes it this way: "that's what we live and die by, because if you build up from that foundation, it's going to be strong." It uses "die" figuratively, to express deep commitment to a creative process. For more on the more literal side of the word, see Death quotes.
What's this "Opus Die" reference about?
One speaker mentions it as a pop-culture reference point: "I didn't know anything about Opus Die except from pop culture, like Dan Brown novels, which I knew wasn't really knowing anything about Opus Die." It's presented here exactly as the speaker said it — a comment on how fiction can shape, and limit, what people think they know about something.
Is there a quote about wanting to keep doing something until the end?
Yes — a passionate one: "I feel the ticking clock. And at times, I've said if I don't dance, I'd rather die." It shows how deeply tied to their craft the speaker feels, treating it as essential to who they are. For more quotes about urgency and time running out, browse Dying quotes.
Is there a quote about personal identity here?
Yes — one speaker states their own political identity plainly: "I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing." It's presented here simply as the speaker's own self-described stance, without any added commentary. For related quotes about steadfastness over time, see Died quotes.
What's the common thread across these "die" quotes?
Each uses "die" to express intensity — commitment to craft, curiosity about a cultural reference, urgency about time, and firmness of identity — rather than being literally about death. For more, check out Dies quotes.

Others get more personal, from a dancer who says they'd rather not go on if they couldn't dance, to someone stating a lifelong political identity they don't expect to abandon. Continue with Dying quotes or Died quotes.